Since When Did the BBC Become So Cautious?

The BBC has decided that the shooting of a Coptic Christian by an Egyptian policeman has no connection to previous anti-Christian attacks in Egypt:

Egypt train attack: Man shot dead by off-duty policeman

An off-duty policeman has opened fire on a train in Egypt, killing a Christian man, but it is unclear whether the attack was sectarian.

At least another five people were reported to have been injured in the shooting on a train between Assiut and Cairo.

Officials said at least four of those hurt were Coptic Christians.

Apparently the fact that one Christian was killed and that 4 of the 5 others who were injured were Christians as well--this does not suggest anything to the reporters of the BBC.


If only such caution was used here in the US after the Arizona shootings.

The article concludes:

The BBC's Jon Leyne reports from Cairo that it is difficult to see how the gunmen would have known he could target Christians by boarding the train.

Actually, CAMERA has the answer to Leyne's problem. It's actually fairly easy to identify Coptic Christians:

If the BBC had been following the #copts hashtag on Twitter, the organization would have obtained a link to this article in Al Masry Al Youm, which answers Jon Leyne's question as to how a gunman could identify and separate Christian victims out of a crowded train:

Security sources said the assailant had checked passengers for the green cross traditionally tatooed on the wrists of Coptic Christians in Egypt. After identifying several Copts, the culprit killed one of them and injured five others.

Ask and ye shall receive.

Maybe now the BBC sees the pattern.

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