‘No place is safe.’ World reacts to mass shooting in downtown Sacramento

Most international publications had little to say beyond the facts of a mass shooting in downtown Sacramento that left six dead.

Gunshots broke out at about 2 a.m. Sunday, April 3, as people flooded the area around 10th and K streets as bars and nightclubs closed, The Sacramento Bee reported.

Six people died at the scene and 12 were injured, according to the publication. Police recovered more than 100 spent shells from the scene.

Police on Monday, April 4, arrested Dandrae Martin, 26, on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and illegal firearms possession, The Sacramento Bee reported. An investigation into the shooting, in which there may have been multiple gunmen, continues.

A BBC News report on the violence called it “the worst US mass shooting so far in 2022.”

Most news publications around the world stuck to the facts, with many relying on wire reports, but a few included some commentary on gun violence in the United States.

A story in the Tehran Times, an English-language publication in Iran, noted the attack near the Capitol highlighted “just how no place is safe from the gun violence epidemic in the U.S.”

“Gun culture in the U.S. certainly reflects America’s military adventurism overseas and the country’s development coming on the back of brutal civil wars,” the article said.

“Gun violence has been on the rise across the United States in the past few years,” reported Xinhua, China’s state-run news service, attributing it to “a confluence of factors, from the economic and social disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to the unrest during the 2020 elections, as well as a surge in gun sales.”