From the desk of Thomas Landen on Mon, 2007-11-26 20:25

Yesterday evening, three young people died in the suburbs to the north of Paris. Moushin (15) and Larami (16), two immigrant youths, were killed in Villiers-le-Bel when their motorcycle, which is said to have been stolen, collided at high speed with a police vehicle. The two youths, who were not wearing compulsory crash helmets, died on the spot. A few hours later, Anne-Lorraine (23), a young journalist, was stabbed to death on a suburban train near Creil, whilst resisting a man who was trying to rape her. The man had already been convicted for violent sexual assault in 1996.

The news of the deaths of Moushin and Larami became world news, dominating today’s media in France and abroad. Anne-Lorraine’s death is a mere footnote, a “faits diversâ€