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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. (CNN)
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)

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)

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

Catalan independence referendum, Operation Anubis, Spanish constitutional crisis
- The government of Catalonia holds a public referendum on whether their region should gain independence from Spain, despite the Spanish courts and government declaring the vote illegal and deploying police to deter voters. (BBC)
- Spanish riot police clash with some protesters in Girona and Barcelona, with at least 761 people reported injured. (Sky News) (NBC News) (BBC)
- The Mayor of Barcelona Ada Colau calls on Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to resign following the police crackdown on Catalan protestors which has left hundreds injured. (Euronews)
- Guardia Civil riot police officers and Catalonia's Mossos d'Esquadra clash in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada as tensions rise between the rival police forces. (The Spain Report)