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Current events of October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01) (Sunday)

Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
- Houthi forces claim to have shot down a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Yemeni capital Sana'a. Footage released by Saba News Agency appears to show crowds gathering around the wreckage of an aircraft. (Reuters)
A knife-wielding man at Saint Charles train station in Marseille, France, kills two women. Police kill the suspect and are treating the attack as a terrorist incident. ISIL claims responsibility. (CNN) (Daily News)
Anglophone problem (Cameroon)
- Soldiers in Buea and Bamenda, Cameroon, shoot dead a total of at least eight people during various protests by Anglophone separatists. (Reuters)
Syrian Civil War
- The Islamic State group seizes the Al-Qaryatain town in the central province of Homs in a surprise attack against Syrian government forces. (Firstpost)

Vanuatu begins evacuating 11,000 islanders from the island of Ambae because of the erupting volcano Manaro Voui which pollutes the water. (Reuters)

O. J. Simpson robbery case
- Nevada prison authorities release former NFL player O. J. Simpson on parole after serving nine years for a 2007 Las Vegas armed robbery. Previously, a jury had acquitted Simpson of the 1995 murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. (CNN)

U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)
- Some players throughout the National Football League hold demonstrations before or during the U.S. national anthem. These demonstrations include kneeling, raising fists, or praying, as a show of unity or protest of social inequality. (CNN)

The Old Kosciuszko Bridge was imploded in New York City after 78 years of connecting Brooklyn and Queens. (NBC)