Its 45 hours into the standoff that still continues in Mumbai, India after terror first struck prime locations in commercial capital of India.
The sheer manner and extent of havoc what just a few armed and well trained terrorists have caused is shocking to say the least.
When it all started, it appeared to be a case of indiscriminate firing but what has now emerged is that it was a planned terrorist attack executed with military precision.
No words can describe the grief over loss of innocent lives especially of the top brass of Indian police force, including the head of Anti Terrorist Squad.
The way the Indian elite commandos have handled the rescue operation in the massive hotels and other densely populated areas deserves commendation. They had no intelligence feedback, no blueprints of the buildings and to what level of hostility they will face from militants holding hostages.
The unfolding events over the past 45 hours have proved one thing that this is a new face of global terrorism.
