( Must Read) How do the media shape public opinion on Terror Attacks?

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On April 15 when Boston, U.S. and almost the entire world was shocked on learning the news about the Marathon attack that claimed three lives, the number of people dying in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq,Nigeria and other restive regions of the world was much higher. The latter, however, were hardly mourned by anybody except their dear ones. Reflecting on this phenomenon experts speak about a catastrophic value gap, global conspiracy and public stereotypes. 

Every tragedy in the US usually overshadows any other incident in another part of the world, even if the latter is a far more tragic one. Acts of terror are relatively rare in the West, where every citizen believes he is absolutely safe. And if he is unlucky to be in the wrong place at the wrong time society is shocked.

100 soldiers storm terror suspects’ hideouts in Lagos

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Two suspected Boko Haram members were arrested at a house in Ijora, Lagos yesterday by soldiers acting on a tip off.  The soldiers found AK-47 rifles, bomb, cartridges, daggers etc hidden in the apartment. Below is how Punch is reporting it:

Fear gripped many residents of Lagos  on Thursday when news filtered in that troops numbering about 100 stormed terror suspects’ hideouts in Ijora, a densely populated part of the city.

The soldiers, who were assisted by men of the State Security Service, were  believed to have acted on a tip-off. They were said to have arrived in the area around 7am in search of the suspects said to be  members of an Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram.

It was learnt that their search yielded fruits when two persons were arrested at 24 Aromire Street and three others at a location in an adjacent street.