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March 15, 2023 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

A man accused of being the perpetrator of an explosion at the Megiddo Junction which injured a civilian two days ago is shot and killed by Israeli soldiers. The man is believed to have crossed into northern Israel from Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

2022–23 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Cyclone Freddy
  - The death toll from Cyclone Freddy in Malawi increases to 225 people, mostly in the city of Blantyre. (Reuters)
Twenty-one people are killed by a coal mine explosion in Sutatausa, Cundinamarca, Colombia. (El País)
2023 Turkish floods
- Twelve people in Şanlıurfa and two in Adıyaman, Turkey, are killed by floods caused by heavy rain. (BBC News)