Well. McGrath, I take your point.But I dont think either of us have the medical or other knowledge to know how many of those who made it alive to the hospital (but then died) would have survived if this knowlege had been available. And anyway that's a side issue. I only queried the phrase "cold-blooded murder" in this context, from someone justly famous on Mudcat for balanced viewpoints and absence of vituperation. I really dont think Putin or anyone else set this up as a carefully planned way of of killing 100+ hostages, which is surely the implication of "cold blooded murder".
   If I send you an attractive Christmas present and it blows up and kills you, that will be c.b.m. But an unfortunate blow to your head with my guitar while pissed and arguing about horse singing folksongs would not, especially if I was aiming at someone else. It would be a very bad thing to do,but not cold blooded murder.