Murder Unincorporated
What possessed the young French Muslim, Mohamed Merah, to murder three Jewish schoolchildren, a rabbi, and three soldiers, two of them fellow Muslims? To call such killers “monsters” sheds little light on the problem, and to dismiss them as madmen is equally evasive.
NEW YORK – What possessed the young French Muslim Mohammed Merah to murder three Jewish schoolchildren, a rabbi, and three soldiers, two of them fellow Muslims? What possessed another man, Anders Breivik, to gun down more than 60 teenagers in a Norwegian summer camp last year? These murder sprees are so unusual that people demand explanations.
NEW YORK – What possessed the young French Muslim Mohammed Merah to murder three Jewish schoolchildren, a rabbi, and three soldiers, two of them fellow Muslims? What possessed another man, Anders Breivik, to gun down more than 60 teenagers in a Norwegian summer camp last year? These murder sprees are so unusual that people demand explanations.