The Times of London dramatizes the story of the shooting at Northern Illinois University, billed (just as the Virginia Tech shooting last year) as "US Campus Massacre." An article two days after the shooting leads with the latest developments: the revelation that the former student was "normal" according to those who knew him. It goes on to depict the sequence of events in which the gunman stormed into the lecture hall and carried out the shooting. Towards the end, the article notes that the shooting took place in Illinois, "the home state of Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate," and that gun crime has increased in that state recently.
The Times often includes sidebars with their articles, and the one accompanying this one is the most illuminating on the international perspective of the event. It gives a timeline of the gunman's life before listing recent shootings in other parts of the U.S. and more general statistics about deaths caused by firearms in the U.S. This hints at the disbelief with which other nations often view gun rights and gun control laws in the U.S.
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