Not only did the state broadcaster run an article claiming that the bestial murder of two Scandinavian girls in Morocco “had nothing to do with Islam”, but it also put the emphasis on the fact that sharing the graphic video of the killing is illegal, while downplaying the sheer brutality of the murder itself, many viewers complained.
Swedish national broadcaster SVT has come under a storm of criticism for its coverage of the double murder of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen (24) and Maren Ueland (28) by Islamists in Morocco.
“Torchlight marches in murdered 28-year-old Norwegian Maren Ueland’s hometown of Bryne. Had the murder victim had been Swedish, torchlight march against racism and Islamophobia would be held immediately”, blogger Julia Caesar tweeted.
“Have the killers already been awarded jobs at SVT?” another user inquired sarcastically.
“225 years ago Marie Antoinette suffered ‘knife damage to her neck’ during the French Revolution”, another user scoffed at SVT’s coverage.
Jespersen and Ueland were brutally murdered near the village of Imlil en route to Toubkal, North Africa’s and the Arab world’s highest peak, which is also a popular hiking and trekking destination.