French Newspaper Asks, Simply: Why?

Like the population that it serves, Paris daily Libération this weekend is at a loss for words.

The Saturday-Sunday weekend edition of Paris newspaper Libération features a plaintive cry on its front page. It’s a question countless citizens – from those directly affected by the Nice truck massacre to the rest of the world watching and absorbing from far – is repeating.

“Pourquoi?” … Why? … The Figaro meanwhile – under a picture with the headline “Winning the War” – features a front-page editorial that asks slightly longer and equally painful questions. That article sits under the headline “A Rebuttal Without Pity” and begins as follows:

Merah, Charlie, the Bataclan, Magnanville and now Nice.

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