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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)
Marseille stabbing
- 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)
Las Vegas Strip shooting
- A gunman opens fire in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino from the upper floors down upon a Jason Aldean outdoor concert, with at least 58 people dead and 515 others injuried. Authorities believe the lone gunman is dead. (The New York Times)

The United Kingdom's Monarch Airlines goes into financial bankruptcy administration, suspending all flights, cancelling 300 thousand bookings, and leaving 10's of thousands of passengers stranded. (Reuters)

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)

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. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont says Catalonia "has won the right to become an independent state." (BBC) (The Independent)
- Spanish riot police clash with some protesters in Girona and Barcelona, with 844 people and 33 police reported injured. (Sky News) (NBC News) (BBC) (The Independent)
- 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)
- The government of Catalonia declares that the "yes"-to-independence-vote has won a landslide victory. (AP)
New Democratic Party leadership election, 2017
- Canada's left-leaning New Democratic Party elects Jagmeet Singh its leader. (The Guardian)

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)