Please don&#x27;t submit current affairs stories to HN unless there is something unusually intellectually interesting about them. This is a horrible event, but it doesn&#x27;t fit that criterion.<p>You might want to read <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html</a> and 
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newswelcome.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newswelcome.html</a> to get a better idea of what stories are a good fit for HN.