Portal:Current events/2008 October 4
October 4, 2008 (Saturday)
- Police find nine more dead bodies around the Mexican city of Tijuana with 50 people having died over the past week as a result of a week of drug trade related violence. (AP via Google)
- Mahir al-Zubaydi, senior commander for al Qaeda in Iraq for Baghdad east of the Tigris River, is killed by U.S. troops. (BBC News)
- 2008 South Ossetia war:
- Colonel Ivan Petrik, chief of staff of the Russian ground force in South Ossetia, is confirmed dead from wounds he suffered in the Friday blast in Tskhinvali.(Reuters)
- Switzerland will represent Russian interests in Georgia (Rustavi 2). Sweden will represent Georgian interests in Russia.(Stockholm News)