Suicide & Islam: The connection to the slayings at Virginia Tech By Dave Gaubatz

"The murders at Virginia Tech by a young South Korean described as a loner -- a confused, depressed, and 'troubled' student -- and the non-response by the authorities to the first early morning attack converge to form a troubling pattern of thinking by law enforcement that is dangerous in the extreme. In their rush to avoid a motive of 'terror', law enforcement relax as soon as they think they are dealing with a lone madman or ugly domestic situation. This attitude must change.


Due to news coverage yesterday and today regarding the shootings at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, it was clear to me that this article was warranted and an important message to law enforcement personnel and the public. There has still been only limited information released by the authorities concerning the young man who decided to go on a murder spree. Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old South Korean who was in the US as a resident alien (i.e., “Green Card holder”) was also a senior majoring in English at Virginia Tech. He is now being described as a loner – a depressed and troubled young man.
How any state in the nation grants non-US citizens the privilege to carry arms is a whole discussion on its own, but not one I will focus on here. This article is entitled Suicide & Islam, not because of the murders by Seung-Hui at the university, but due to the rush by the authorities to determine after the initial shootings at 7:15am that the motive for the initial shooting-murders had nothing to do with terrorism or even to a potential mass murderer but instead was a “simple domestic murder” case. "

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