Oslo rail services halted as train drivers strike, alongside a series of European incidents
A train-driver strike will shut down all arrivals and departures at Oslo Central Station from Saturday morning until early Sunday, while separate incidents across Europe involve a convicted bus driver, a Palestinian killed in the West Bank, and a school attack in Poland.
Oslo Central Station will see no train movements on Saturday as a driver strike enforces a total shutdown from 06:00 to 04:00 the following day, according to Norwegian reports. In Sweden, police interrogated the driver of a recent highway bus crash; he has previous convictions for severe drunk driving and fleeing an accident scene. Palestinian officials claim an Israeli soldier opened fire on a group of olive-pickers north of Nablus, killing a 44-year-old member of the Palestinian Authority security forces.
A separate incident in Poland involved a 19-year-old student who attacked a vocational school with a knife, leaving at least seven injured, two seriously. Other items include a fatal assault in Malmö's Hyllie district, the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai, and a rise in Sweden's KPIF inflation rate to 1.5 percent in September.
Why it matters
Disruptions to Oslo's rail network and related safety incidents highlight transport and security challenges across Europe.
How this story developed
- Oct 1 Israeli settlers shoot dead a Palestinian man and wound another in Yasuf
- Oct 5 Labour MP Emily Thornberry called on Britain to defy Israel’s directive to close its consulate in East Jerusalem, calling the move illegal retaliation.
- Oct 6 Powell’s talks concluded without an agreement before the 30‑day deadline.
- Oct 6 Israeli forces used tear‑gas and briefly detained six journalists during the olive‑harvest confrontations.
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