Blog 3_More shooting?

http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2010/09/19/bikers-fire-tourists-outside-delhi%E2%80%99s-jama-masjid

        Earlier this morning (Sept. 9) in New Delhi, India,  two tourists, supposedly from Taiwan or Korea, were injured as two gunmen riding a mobike started shooting at the tourist bus near the Jama Masjid mosque. The Jama Masjid mosque area is one of the main attractions for tourists in the capital of India. The two injured tourists were immediately sent to a nearby hospital. Doctor Vijay Jumar says that one has a serious injury in his stomach and the other victim is fine. One of the witnesses says the gunmen shot with automatic weapons and shot at least 10 rounds. The police are now launching a manhunt. This event poses a great threat to India because in two weeks, New Delhi will be holding the Commonwealth Games, and the safety of the athletes must be secured. The article reminds us that the Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorists' spokesmen have issued warning to disrupt the Commonwealth Games.
       This article reminded me of the bus massacre that happened in the Philippines a few weeks ago. I will never tolerate anyone who hurts innocent people because the innocent victims do not deserve it. My friend personally knows one of the victims of the massacre and his father and two sisters are both dead.  My friend's friend is currently recovering from a serious head injury. All their family wanted to do was have a good time travelling in the Philippines, celebrating their academic success. The damage done to the family can never be fixed.  Can't one travel in peace? Now seeing that Taiwanese tourists in India are being victimized, I am even more infuriated and frustrated with the world today. Must we always live in fear? Must we wear bullet-proof jackets and be armed twenty-four seven? 
     In many occasions before this, the Taliban or the al-Qaeda or other Muslim extremists have used violence in order to grasp the world's attention. They want to be noticed so they run planes into buildings or conduct bloody massacres. Nobody is certain who was behind this shooting, but I say with a fair amount of certainly that it's one of the extremist groups, probably protesting against the arrival of the foreigners to attend the upcoming Commonwealth Games.