And the question towns such as Hungerford and Dunblane are then forced to ask themselves is how have they been home to someone who turned out to be a killer.
Someone else to ask to take to the toilet, work out how to use the inflight entertainment, fill in the immigration forms, order a drink and to clean up said drink when it spilled on them during turbulence.
Because studies show that one of the most sensitive questions for detecting depression in someone is simply to ask him or her if they've been feeling very stressed out over the last couple of weeks.