I think this should not be taken as an east west bashing exchange session. The OP is concerned about her fellow citizen and has posted it here since this happened in this very region. She, along with many finds this region as being the safest in the world however such sporadic incidents do happen here as well and when it happens it makes headlines and makes people sit up and take notice the world over. That is simply because such occurrences are not a norm but exception.

My sympathies goes with the victim however I have really started to wonder why whenever such incidents make news it involves a certain nationality only.