The news is going from bad to worse as word is coming in from the terrorist attacks that are still ongoing in Mumbai, India. At least 10 different places have been attacked, all across the city, including a hospital, a railway station, a popular cafe, a police station, and two of the most prestigious hotels in the city. There are hostage situations in both the Taj Hotel and the Trident. More than 900 innocent civilians have been injured and 80 killed and those numbers will certainly rise.

The terrorists fired automatic weapons indiscriminately into crowds of people. In many of the places attacked, they also lobbed grenades. They have indiscriminately maimed and killed so many men, women, and children. It is simply horrifying. We have words like evil and depraved but we really don’t have a vocabulary to describe the depths of depravity for acts like this where just soulless terrorists seek to kill as many innocent civilians as they can. We, who have experienced so many suicide bombings and terrorist attacks against our civilians, grieve with the family and friends of the victims. We grieve with the people of India and share your horror at these heinous acts. My heart is with the people of Mumbai tonight.