Reuters reports: Mumbai hit by deadly attacks
| At least 10 people were killed and 26 wounded in a series of shootings around India’s financial capital Mumbai on Wednesday night, with two five-star hotels among the targets in what police called a terror attack.
Maharahstra state police chief A.N. Roy said attackers had fired automatic weapons indiscriminately, and used grenades, adding that they were still holed up in some buildings. “These are terrorist strikes in at least seven places,” he told the NDTV news channel. “Unknown terrorists have gone with automatic weapons and opened fire indiscriminately. At a few places they even used grenades. Police said targets included the luxury Taj and Oberoi hotels, with television stations showing the lobby of both hotels on fire and people being evacuated from the Oberoi with their hands on their heads. |
But the Times of India reports at least 80 dead:
| Terror struck the country’s financial capital late on Wednesday night as coordinate serial explosions and indiscriminate firing rocked eight areas across Mumbai including the crowded CST railway station, two five star hotels–Oberoi and Taj.
At least 80 people were dead and 250 injured in the terror attacks, hospital sources said. Two terrorists were still inside the Oberoi Hotel and commando operation was on. |
Is this an effort to further destabilize the global economy?
Does it portend attacks on other financial centers?
Who knows. Maybe Al Qaeda. Certainly God.
There’s also this headline out there: Report of Terror Threat on Subways
| The New York Police Department deployed extra officers and stepped up security measures in the subways and other mass-transit stations on Wednesday after learning of al Qaeda discussions to coordinate a wave of explosions in the subway system over the holidays, the authorities announced. |
Well, whatever’s going on, we need to pray for those in authority and in law enforcement and in emergency services.
And for those suffering in India.
And for God’s people, that they may rise to represent His love and compassion and helpfulness.
A friend just got back from two weeks in India, and barely missed these horrible terrorist attacks. Don’t travel there!