Kaleesha Knox
September 06, 2012
“Alps shooting”
Summary:
While staying
at a campsite in Saint-Jorioz from the end of August with their two daughters,
a set of parents, a grandmother, and an innocent motorcyclist were killed
during the first week of September when a murder incident occurred close to
Lake Annecy in which 3 of the 4 victims were shot in the head. A four-year old girl by the name of Zeena al-Hilli
was found alive in the back seat of the car eight hours later when the forensics
squad appeared on the crime scene, surrounded by three dead bodies. Another young girl
by the name of Zainab, is believed to be the sister of Zeena remains in
critical condition after her body was found lying on the road. The eldest girl
was shot in the shoulder, had been beaten severely into a coma, and now suffers
from a fractured skull. In addition to the family of five, a married motorcyclist with children by
the name of Sylvian
Mollier, aged 45, was also found dead after simply passing by
the crime scene on his way back home. Neither
the gunman nor the weapon has been found by the police. Police can reveal no motives
for the massacre, as only the windows of the BMW car were targeted. The two
girls are the only witnesses that are able to describe the gruesome attack, in
hopes of bringing justice to their parents, grandmother, and the motorcyclist
who was a bystander.
Analysis:
Though
this media story is based in France, several countries globally can relate to losing
local citizens by horrid murders. Though the authorities haven’t yet caught the
assassinator, he corrupt deeds will not go unnoticed and he surely will suffer
for bringing such harm and anguish upon the two young girls and the residents
in the town. An anonymous Belfast resident once stated that “it’s not the
bullet with my name on it that worries me; it’s the once that says To Whom It
May Concern.” When people are purposefully killed by others, the well-being and
trust of humans are damaged both physically and psychologically. Stories such
as these affect the global society as a whole because innocent, precious lives are
stolen unexpectedly, and under such horrific circumstances that demonstrate how
terrible human’s morals have fallen. The fact that an individual could shoot a
gun at a family’s car while they are on vacation depicts how corruption remains
relevant in the universe. Specifically, the fact that a person can consciously beat
a four year old and her seven year old sister into a coma and causing them to
suffer from posttraumatic stress and a fractured skull is extremely unbelievable.
Crime stories such as these cause citizens as a whole to become terrified of
participating in certain events. Crime also affects our global society because
it increases national spending by hiring more police officers and neighborhood
watchers to ensure that all persons feel somewhat safe and secure in their
homeland.
This really made me wonder what went through the mind of the shooter. In the 1999 Amadou Diallo shooting in New York, police officers shot Diallo(a Guinean immigrant) automatically after he withdrew something from his pocket when they saw him sitting outside his residence at night. They assumed it was a gun and opened fire, even though it turned out to be his wallet. It's sad how people can commit such serious acts so quickly, when the acts can have detrimental effects that are definitely worth time spent in prior consideration.
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