That evening a few miles away Larry Brennan, a Catholic taxi driver, was shot dead in his cab.

ECONOMIST: Northern Ireland

The flooding claimed the lives of two women who were in a taxi that was swept away, a Palestinian medical official told CNN.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

As she was waiting for her taxi in a depot, two men turned up and all three were driven away by the taxi firm owner John Sherry.

BBC: Eileen Doherty