Massacre. How is it that this sort of thing gets almost no attention? If the opening paragraphs instead read:

New York - Hundreds of people wandered silently through devastated alleyways around Times Square in New York CIty, trying to make sense of a massacre of almost 160 men, women and children.

Victims were shot, burned and hacked to death at the well-known tourist spot in an overnight attack on Friday.

"The enemies came and shone lights on the people, then they fired shots and stabbed them," said Xavier, a survivor.

How does being on the other side of the world make such a huge difference in how people feel about this? We live in primitive times.