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Nine Dead, Hundreds Injured As German Trains Collide Head On

Nine Dead, Hundreds Injured As German Trains Collide Head On

Germany may be careening towards a head on-collision when it comes to Europe’s worsening migrant crisis, but tragically, the country had a very real fatal train wreck on Tuesday when two commuter trains crashed near Bad Aibling, in Bavaria.

Just before 7 a.m. two regional trains collided on a rail line which Bloomberg notes "is commonly used by commuters heading to work in Munich, and would normally also carry children traveling to school."

Somali Jet Suicide Bomber Was On The Wrong Plane

A suspected suicide bomber who blew a hole in the fuselage of a Somali passenger jet flying from Mogadishu to Djibouti and was subsequently sucked out and killed, was on board the wrong plane, according to the airline. Chief executive of Daallo Airlines said on Monday that the bomber was meant to fly on a Turkish Airlines flight which got cancelled due to high winds. Aljazeera reports: The explosion ripped a one-metre hole in the side of the Daallo Airlines jet on Tuesday, after which the suspect was reportedly sucked out of the decompressed cabin.

Weird Clouds Fall From The Sky in Morocco

A weird spectacle has been filmed in the skies of Morocco as a group of citizens say that they have witnessed clouds falling from the sky. The rare phenomenon occurred just days after weird sky sounds were heard in other parts of Morocco. Meteorologists have denied that the substance falling to the ground is clouds – saying that it would be impossible for that to occur. Instead, they say that the white fluffy substance falling to the ground in Doukkala is “artificial foam”. If the mysterious substance is artificial foam, where does it come from?

Meteorite Crashes To Earth, Kills Man In Garden

A meteorite is believed to to have killed a bus driver and injured three others in southern India. If confirmed it would be the first recorded human fatality from a piece of space rock. The meteorite crashed into the gardens of a private engineering college on Saturday. ars technica reports: According to local reports, a bus driver was killed on Saturday when a meteorite landed in the area where he was walking, damaging the window panes of nearby buses and buildings. Three other people were injured.

Tens Of Thousands Of Syrians Flee Toward Turkey To Escape Aleppo

Syrian forces with support from their allies are creating a humanitarian crisis along the Syrian Turkish border with 110,000 refugees headed toward Turkey to escape fighting in western Aleppo, in northern Syria. Syrian government troops are within a few miles of encircling and cutting off Aleppo in a move that the locals fear can lead to siege and starvation.

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