Last week, on 26th November 2008, there was a crazy terrorist attack in Mumbai. When the news first started coming in on the evening of the 25th, it seemed to that the terrorists had gone on a crazy shooting spree at Colaba, a touristy area of south Mumbai, and I thought it would end there. Little did I imagine it would continue horrifically for three days. On 26th we woke to the shocking news that not only had they randomly sprayed bullets at Cafe Leopold and VT station, but they were now firmly entrenched in two of Mumbai’s best hotels, the Taj and the Oberoi, and they had killed many and taken many hostage.
Burning Taj. Image courtesy: google.
Each night one went to sleep hoping that this horror would end, and each morning one just woke up to more depressing news. Now they are shooting people, now some police officer dies, now a grenade has just gone off in the Taj, now they are moving the hostages at the Oberoi on the terrace, now they have let off some gas. As if this was not enough the terrorists also took control of a Jewish centre nearby. God knows what atrocities were committed there. There are stories that the hostages were horrible tortured before they were killed. Most of them were having their dinner when the shooting started. At Cafe Leopold the terrorists had a meal, paid their bill, and then opened fire. At VT station (one of Mumbai’s largest and most crowed), they shot a mother who dared to scream among many others. They even shot some stray dogs that dared to bark at them. This is human nature at its worst. (more…)
