Editorial Terrorism Is Becoming Endemic : All Should Unite To Combat This Scourge i
News agencies have reported that teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in at least seven attacks in India's financial capital, killing at least 78 people and wounding at least 200, officials told AP last night. The gunmen were specifically targeting Britons and Americans, media reports said, and may be holding hostages. The Times of India reports that unknown outfit Deccan Mujahideen claimed responsibility of the attacks.The gunmen also attacked police headquarters in south Mumbai, the area where most of the attacks, which began late Wednesday and continued into Thursday morning, took place. "We are under fire, there is shooting at the gate," said constable A. Shetti by phone from police headquarters. Hours after the first attacks, A.N. Roy, a senior police officer, said police continued to battle the gunmen. "The terrorists have used automatic weapons and in some places grenades have been lobbed, the encounters are still going on and we are trying to overpower them," Roy said. Johnny Joseph, chief secretary for Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, said 78 people had been killed and 200 had been injured. The motive for the attacks was not immediately clear but Mumbai has frequently been targeted in terror attacks. “I was in the main lobby and there was all of a sudden a lot of firing outside," said Sajjad Karim, part of a delegation of European lawmakers visiting Mumbai ahead of a forthcoming EU-India summit. He turned to get away "and all of a sudden another gunmen appeared in front of us, carrying machine gun-type weapons. And he just started firing at us ... I just turned and ran in the opposite direction," he told The Associated Press over his mobile phone.Hours later, he remained holed up in a hotel restaurant, unsure if the incident was over, and whether it was safe to come out. We are appalled at this heinous crime and violence. Things are still unfolding and we would know soon the enormity of the matter and the possible perpetrators. Terrorism has become a very serious problem in most places and countries. It is in Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia. The sub-continent , India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal , SriLanka are all affected by this. How to tackle this is a difficult issue. Of course there are the issues of foreign policy of some countries, poverty, ethnic questions, demand for independence .But we also find senseless killers or groups of killers run by maniacs. It is very difficult to tackle the last group. Another thing is availability of weapons, some how terrorist groups can manage weapons and explosives. Wars, smugglers and different intelligence agencies are responsible for this The world community has to come together and do some thing about it, no single country or groups of country can not solve this hydra-headed problem
