I was completely in shock at the events that recently occurred in India. Like many people, I thought, “How could this go on for so long?” I think the following excerpt from a Wall Street Journal article sums it up.
“The two gunmen moved along two separate paths toward the station’s main entrance, firing as they walked. They met virtually no resistance, even though several dozen police officers are usually deployed at the station. ‘They were killing the public, and the police just ran away,’ says Ram Vir, a coffee vendor whose stand is near Platform 8.
“B.S. Sidhu, head of the Railway Protection Force for the Mumbai region, says that while some officers tried to fight back, there was little his force could do. Most police officers at the station — as they are throughout India — were unarmed or carried only bamboo sticks known as lathis.”
In 2008, the police in India are still armed with sticks?!?! WOW!
Source: WSJ
