Man wearing clown mask attacks teenager in Sweden
According to BBC, a man wearing a clown mask stabbed a teen in Western Sweden. The boy was left with minor injuries. Swedish Interior Minister, Anders Ygeman, asked citizens to remain calm. The “creepy clown trend” has spread in Europe and in the U.S.
The king of Thailand dies at age 88
King Bhumibol Adulyadej died Oct. 13 at age 88, NPR reported. He was on the throne for 70 years, which is the world’s longest-reigning monarch. Thailand will now be facing a transition that hasn’t been experienced for the last 70 years.
Bob Dylan earns 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature
According to NPR, the Swedish Academy, the committee that decides the winner of the Nobel Prize every year, announced Bob Dylan as the winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. An American hasn’t won the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993, and the Swedish Academy said that Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”
21 Chibok girls were freed to Nigerian government
Boko Haram militants released 21 Chibok girls to the Nigerian government after negotiations, BBC reported. Around 276 girls between the ages of 16 and 18 were kidnapped in 2014 at a boarding school in Chibok. Less than 200 girls are still missing after the release on Oct. 13.
Hurricane Nicole hits Bermuda
According to ABC News, Hurricane Nicole hit Bermuda on the morning of Oct. 13 leaving thousands of citizens without power and causing flooding. The Bermuda Electric Light Company said around 90 percent of the population is without power.
