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Circumstances surrounding Yebei killing need further interrogation

Public hysteria — and sometimes frenzy — grips the public whenever a senior figure leaves this world for the next. It’s doesn’t matter the departed was a saint or villain. What’s important is fame or notoriety.

That’s why Osama bin Laden’s demise, at the hands of Seal Team Six, caused a global media earthquake. It’s understandable the public would be fascinated by the mortality of demi-gods.

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