A breakthrough at last?
After another grisly week, two important arrests
IN THE first week, people were nervous. In the second, they became frightened. In the third, the public mood has moved close to hysteria. Yet the search for the Washington-area sniper finally seems to have made progress. As The Economist went to press, the police were interviewing two men—apparently John Allen Muhammad, an ex-serviceman, and his stepson—in connection with the case.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “A breakthrough at last?”
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