United States: a 16-year-old kills three children and a teacher at an Oregon elementary school
the same fact, two accounts
this subject is more divergent than 60% of recent comparable stories
NorwayOslo first notes the human toll in Bend: children aged 5 to 11 and a teacher were killed, and a resident who shot the 16-year-old gunman.
What each one tells
opposition
AustraliaCanberra is reconstructing the Bend shooting as a textbook security case: locked doors forced open with a rifle, police on the scene in just a few minutes, and a civilian intervening before they arrived.
- Norway
Heroic portrayal of the civilian
Aftenposten highlights the resident who shot the shooter, under a subheading referring to him as a hero.
Omission of the motive
the account leaves the question of causes open, due to a lack of police information.
What the account puts first
Australiaby police chronology
the narrative highlights the forced entry and the response time.
- Norway
this perspective does not carry this information
What it leans on
Australia onlyAustraliaReliance on anonymous source
the origin of the weapon is based on an unnamed official quoted by the AP.