Portal:Current events/2012 April 14

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Current events of April 14, 2012 (2012-04-14) (Saturday)

Police fire at anti-austerity demonstrators in the National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, during the ruling Labour Party's centenary conference: a 13 year-old child reports being threatened as the building is locked down amid chants of "Revolution, revolution!" and a coffin draped in the Irish tricolour. (The Belfast Telegraph) (The Irish Times) (Irish Examiner)
2011–2012 Bahraini uprising: A 15-year-old child is shot through the chest by police in Bahrain. (Al Jazeera)
Sudanese forces advance on the town of Heglig that is occupied by South Sudanese forces during days of cross-border clashes. (Al Jazeera)

Former Italy under-21 footballer Piermario Morosini dies after collapsing face down with a suspected heart attack on the pitch. Players are in tears. (BBC)
Neptune Collonges ridden by Daryl Jacob wins the 2012 Grand National but the race is tinged with sadness following the deaths of this year's Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Synchronised and another horse during the race. (The Telegraph) (The Guardian)