Apparently it wasn't terrorism that put this girl in hospital

The BBC is jittery about using the word 'terrorist'. Why should we cravenly lose such a powerful description? Wanted: a synonym for the word for when assassins organise to murder innocent civilians, their purpose being to intimidate countless more civilians, to the extent that this brings about some desired political and/or behavioural capitulation. A general surrender of free expression, in response to the slaughter of cartoonists, for instance. True, the word terrorism still has some life in i...