Video Shows Gunmen Firing at Bollywood Actor Tiger Shroff's Car in Mumbai; He Survives
Photo: New York PostHow the sides differ Left sources have not covered it; alternative sources stress the video and his survival, while right sources add the alleged $525 gang-ordered hit.
Gunmen fired shots at the car of Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai, and he survived, according to videos of the incident. The footage shows the vehicle moving slowly past a crowd as the shots were fired. Reports say the attackers rode a motorbike and were allegedly paid $525 to carry out a hit ordered by a gang. Shroff is reported to have escaped relatively unscathed. The payment and the gang's role are described as alleged and come from reports.
Left-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while alternative/independent and right-leaning outlets had. The alternative/independent coverage, from BBC News, leads with Shroff's survival and the videos of gunmen firing at his slow-moving car near a crowd. Right-leaning coverage, from the New York Post, also centers on the video but adds the motorbike gunmen, the alleged $525 payment, the gang-ordered hit and a description of Shroff as an actor turned soccer star. Both sides agree on the shooting, the video and his survival. They differ mainly in that the right-leaning account supplies the alleged motive and payment details.
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Not covering this story. None of the left-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.
BBC News leads with Shroff surviving a shooting attempt in Mumbai and cites videos of gunmen firing at his slowly moving car past a crowd.
The New York Post leads with the video and reports, stressing motorbike gunmen allegedly paid $525 for a gang-ordered hit, and notes Shroff walked away relatively unscathed.