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Current events of May 1, 2013 (2013-05-01) (Wednesday)

Flash floods leave 16 people dead and 3 others missing in Saudi Arabia, with authorities urging citizens to avoid low-lying wadis. At least two others were killed in neighboring Oman in some of the heaviest rainfall in more than 25 years. (Al Arabiya)

South Thailand insurgency:
- Insurgents kill six people including a two year old boy in a deadly shooting in Thailand. (ABC News)
Boston Marathon bombings:
- Boston Police state that three more individuals are implicated and arrested. (CNN)
- A report states that Dzhokhar has told detectives he was motivated by wanting to defend Islam because of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. (NBC)
Insurgency in the North Caucasus:
- A bomb detonates in a busy shopping center in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia killing 3 and injuring 2 others. (Ria Novosti)
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Multiple bombs detonate across Iraq killing at least 15 people. (The Daily Star)

The UN Human Rights Office says the force-feeding of hunger-strikers at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay Prison is a violation of international law. About 100 out of 166 inmates are currently refusing to eat. Of these, 23 are currently being force-fed, up from 21 yesterday.

Coronation Street star William Roache, the world's longest-serving soap actor, is arrested at his home in Wilmslow, Cheshire. He is charged with two counts of raping a 15-year-old girl in 1967. (TVNZ) (The Guardian)
Seven Venezuela legislators are injured as a fight breaks out between the Socialist Party and the opposition over the outcome of the Venezuelan presidential election. (The Daily Beast)