Posted on 11/30/2008 6:50:17 AM PST by moneyrunner
Sebastian D'Souza, a picture editor at the Mumbai Mirror, whose offices are just opposite the city's Chhatrapati Shivaji station, heard the gunfire erupt and ran towards the terminus. "I ran into the first carriage of one of the trains on the platform to try and get a shot but couldn't get a good angle, so I moved to the second carriage and waited for the gunmen to walk by," he said. "They were shooting from waist height and fired at anything that moved. I briefly had time to take a couple of frames using a telephoto lens. I think they saw me taking photographs but theydidn't seem to care."
But what angered Mr D'Souza almost as much were the masses of armed police hiding in the area who simply refused to shoot back. "There were armed policemen hiding all around the station but none of them did anything," he said. "At one point, I ran up to them and told them to use their weapons. I said, 'Shoot them, they're sitting ducks!' but they just didn't shoot back."
As the gunmen fired at policemen taking cover across the street, Mr D'Souza realised a train was pulling into the station unaware of the horror within. "I couldn't believe it. We rushed to the platform and told everyone to head towards the back of the station. Those who were older and couldn't run, we told them to stay put."
The militants returned inside the station and headed towards a rear exit towards Chowpatty Beach. Mr D'Souza added: "I told some policemen the gunmen had moved towards the rear of the station but they refused to follow them. What is the point if having policemen with guns if they refuse to use them?
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Political correctness run amuck!!!!!!
Shows the absolute need for self defense.
WTH? You know this is going to be fodder for the “false flag” thinkers - and I don’t blame them really. What else are we to believe - but that the attacks were allowed to happen.
Hate to put on the tin foil hat - but what in the hello went on over there.
10 gunmen - no one (who should have been) shooting back - certainly makes you go hmmmn.
I’m speechless.
It seems the hotel employees showed more bravery than the police.
If there ever was an argument for right to carry laws this is it.
Hindus - they will quickly kill Christians, but not terrorists.
I hope he took pictures of the cowering cops.
Maybe the Indians should withdraw.
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