Madness in Mumbai, Americans and British targeted, hundreds injured or killed |
The day before Thanksgiving we’re being brutally reminded that there are still some very bad, bad people in the world. Times of India is reporting that 80 people have been killed and over 250 injured in attacks made at seven different locations in Mumbai, India.
The targets included two five star hotels: Oberoi and Taj where two different hostage situations are still underway as of this writing:
Armed with AK-47 rifles and grenades, a couple of terrorists entered the passenger hall of CST and opened fire and threw grenades, Mumbai General Railway Police Commissioner A K Sharma said.
"City under siege" is the description being used on CNN. No terrorist organization has taken credit for this scary scenario as of this writing.
Creepy irony perhaps, CNN is showing holiday travel information in a separate panel (pictured above). Told a friend in chat that I would not want to travel abroad in these times. I feel for those who have to do so for their work. For vacation? Forget about it.
Updated 12:34pm PST: this chilling photo below, credit CNN, is from one of the hotel lobbies in Mumbai:
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I know it’s a bit over generalizing and even a bit condoning their actions. However,if all the “good” people in the world, after achieving a moderately good lifestyle, use their additional time and money to help others… this kind of terrorism would be less likely to happen in time. And that is where I think everyone can start to eliminate such future problems.
Comment by creativeherb — November 27, 2008 @ 8:55 am PST
I’m glad this situation has finally ended but am so sad that it happened at all. Unfortunately, I think there’s more to come.
Comment by jennifer — November 30, 2008 @ 6:29 am PST
The news of burning hotel and killings brought tears in my eyes. I’m from Malaysia and I got a lot of friends who is staying in India. I called some of them from Mumbai to check they are ok. I pray something like this never ever happen again.
Comment by Atniz — November 30, 2008 @ 10:55 pm PST
If everyone will just respect each others point of view (like on religions) then this wont happen, all we can do is pray for the victims.
Comment by ladylee — December 3, 2008 @ 7:12 pm PST
ladylee - agree with your comments but the spammy links you tried to inject into your comment (and signature) were nuked. Like respecting others point of view on religion, please respect others site comment rules (see link right above the ’submit comment’ button).
Comment by TDavid — December 4, 2008 @ 3:59 am PST