Shootings & killings shrouded in mystery and bias

Today has been a rather long day so I have customised "Today's 4" again into a slightly shorter version. I'm sure we'll be back to our full 4 posts before too long...

Pictures of Dhaka

Al Jazeera reported that a Saudi diplomat posted to Bangladesh has been shot in Dhaka. The victim, who was the head of the Citizens' Affairs department in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's embassy to Bangladesh, later died in hospital. 


The article does not allude to whether the shooting was an accident of whether there are more sinister undertakings at work.


I plan to keep a beady eye on this particular story, especially on the reaction from Saudi Arabia


The Tehran Times  reported that a Bahraini child has been killed by tear gas fired from government forces. At this point I should stress that this is deeply moving. However, I do have to criticise the way in which the Tehran Times chose to report the story. The opening paragraph begins: 

"Another Bahraini infant has died from asphyxia after inhaling poisonous tear gas fired by Saudi-backed regime forces in the capital, Manama."

The tone then continues in the same way throughout. It is very interesting to read Tehran's view on the situation in Bahrain. Personally, I feel Tehran might convince a more informed audience to follow their perspective by adapting a more subtle approach to biased news reporting.