Err, India and Korea are both in Asia. Which was my point. There is no ‘Indian continent’.
“They would however do their best to avoid mentioning any connection to Islam like the British press.”
It’s a report of a court case. In my experience, the religious affiliation of the victims or defendants does not often come up in a court case, unless directly relevant to the case. Perhaps it is different in US courts.
One can of course make an assumption as to the likely religious affiliation of these defendants from the names given, as you appear to have done. To be honest, I’m happy for the media to give me facts and let me make assumptions for myself, rather than them making assumptions for me. Your mileage may vary.
Most Indians, however, don't consider themselves Asian, they consider themselves Indian. India is considered a sub-continent. I don't really know what a sub-continent means, except "we're not Asian."
FR always gets confused by British usage in which Pakistan is seen as an Asian country - we see it as an Arab state which properly belongs to the Middle East. Thus when an article like this appears, readers who aren't familiar with UK media assume an attempt is being made to obfuscate the Arab Muslim heritage of the criminals...since that's exactly what the American media would do. ;)
That is news here in the Colonies.
In my experience, the religious affiliation of the victims or defendants does not often come up in a court case, unless directly relevant to the case. Perhaps it is different in US courts.
Our press reports do tend stray from a strict word-for-word reading of court transcripts and add some information not found there.