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Originally Posted by MTVN
I think the Russian plane bomb did provoke quite a big outpouring of sympathy. Like you pointed out though Cherie, it wasn't clear in the days after what had caused it whereas the Paris attacks unfolded in front of our eyes and indeed the operation still goes on with all of us watching: it's still not clear if the mastermind has been caught or is still out there. You're right there is plenty to associate with in the attack on Rusia which is why that bomb has in turn got more coverage than the Ankara attack did. Fact remains that the Paris attack took place on our doorstep though, on European soil, whereas Egypt might be a popular holiday destination but it has battled Islamist insurgency for decades.
No one death is more tragic than the other but I don't think there's any agenda behind the coverage that different attacks get or the impact that it has on people. Such things are dependent on a number of different, complicated factors, it's a bit simplistic to reduce it down to a death toll and conclude a lack of sympathy for Russian citizens by that.
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Is anyone surprised by an attack though I just wonder what has taken them so long to attack a football ground and a music venue
maybe it was the brutality of the attacks that have resonated, gunning people down one by one in a music hall is pretty grim, we are used to bombs on planes I guess