Isn't 'slaughtering' something to do more with processing cattle and livestock when it comes to the word 'slaughterhouse'? I see no real reason to use slaughterhouse over 'murder-house' or 'hostage-house'. Slaughterhouse just evokes more emotion, so its the chosen vernacular. Makes sense for the media to go along with the more sensational wording, it sells more commercial space.
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