2023–24 Trurnia riots
| 2023–24 Trurnia riots | |||
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| Part of 2023–24 New Illyrian protests | |||
 Pontubre on fire after a large riot. | |||
| Date | October 12, 2023- | ||
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| Caused by | The Pretoria Palace Summit and the Aberso–Illyrian War | ||
| Methods | Bombing, Shooting, Burning | ||
| Status | Ongoing | ||
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The 2023–24 Trurnia riots, also known as the Trurnia Pro-war Riots, are an ongoing series of riots and attacks in the city Trurnia, New Illyricum, which have claimed the lives of over 1300 people. The riots have been organized by the Peoples' Global Communist Unification Coalition (PGCUC) and several other terrorist groups in an attempt to end the Pretoria Palace Summit negotiations, which were a set of peace negotiations organized by Tirol to end the Aberso–Illyrian War. The riots began on October 12th, when PGCUC planted several bombs in St. Gregorius' Cathedral and ultimately killed 236 in the St. Gregorius' Cathedral Bombing.
October 12
St. Gregorius' Cathedral Bombing
Following the beginning of negotiations at the Pretoria Peace Summit, the militant communist revolutionary group the Peoples' Global Communist Unification Coalition (PGCUC), lead by Adrianus Blacabus, organized a protest bombing of St. Gregorius' Cathedral in downtown Trurnia. The Cathedral was likely selected as the target for its Catholic usage and for the fact that it had long served as a symbol of Trurnian cultural unity since the Ferunian Separatist War which had racked the region. The bomb was placed by a PGCUC operative taped under the center altar and was set off during the 8:00 PM Romano Standard Time evening mass on October 12th. The explosion went off at exactly 8:34, immediately killing over 100 seated near the altar, including Archbishop of Ferunicum Raurus Tullius, before setting fire to two adjoining chapels, each primarily made out of wood. The fire killed over 100 more attempting to flee the burning cathedral, several sections of which collapsed due to age of the structure. Marshall of Trurnia Lucius Marius immediately ordered the deployment of police and firefighters along with ambulances to counter the destruction.
