04 Jun Chapel Hill shooting

PRE-TASK

What do you know about the recent shooting of a young Muslim couple in the US?

TASK

Watch the video (click here) and answer the following questions:

1. Where and how was the crime committed and who was responsible?
2. What is the alleged motive for the attack?
3. What do friends say about the students murdered?

FOLLOW-UP

• What do you think was the real motive behind the attack?
• Why do you think the murderer’s wife made a public statement saying the crime “had nothing to do with religion or victims’ faith”?
• Do you know of any other similar crime (in the US or a different country)?
• What should society’s reaction to this attack be?
• Why has the Media coverage of this incident been different from Charlie Hebdo attack?