July has turned out to be the cruellest month so far this year with a rash of terror attacks around the world, especially Europe. Some of them displayed sickening levels of barbarity, especially the one at an upscale cafe in Bangladesh got attacked on July 1.
Though in terms of casualties, 29 deaths, it may not be much compared with say Iraq, Syria or Yemen, which records ten times that much every month. However the raw savagery unleashed by the assailants in Bangladesh made a chilling read.
They were 19-20 year olds, just out of some top notch schools in Bangladesh. But their savagery was reminiscent of medieval era warriors. Though they were carrying guns, machete was their favourite weapon and beheading, lynching their preferred mode to get rid of victims. The guns were only meant to be used when confronted with security forces.
In Bangladesh it looks like lynching is a very prevalent mode used by extremists. It has been used numerous times to kill bloggers, priests and just about anyone opposed to their ideologies or religious beliefs. Though guns provide the luxury of distance while eliminating people, these extremists seem to be hankering after greater sadistic pleasure of being in close proximity to their victims, while the latter meet with their blood spattered end.
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The second cruellest attack happened in Nice in France on July 14. It came as a rude awakening to the French security establishment, which was breathing easy after an incident-free Euro cup soccer. Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a driver of Tunisian origin, turned an innocuous looking truck into a killing machine.
It ploughed through a crowd, which had gathered to watch the Bastille Day fireworks, for nearly two kilometres and killed 84 people. Here too guns played a secondary role, while the 19-ton vehicle trampled the victims under its wheels.
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Lastly there are forgotten people residing in conflict zones such as Iraq, Syria and Yemen. For the world community they are not even significant enough to be a statistic as hundreds die on a daily basis. Iraq and Syria are sometimes lucky enough to get a passing mention when some 50 plus people get killed in a bomb blast or when the problem of refugee influx to Europe is discussed.
But the Yemenis are the proverbial children of lesser god. This poorest country in Arab world gets pounded by fighter jets from regional satraps such as Saudi Arabia and UAE with impunity for months together and the rest of the world does not even bat an eyelid.
Yemeni lives matter! Anyone?
Also Read: Bangalore Beat
Though in terms of casualties, 29 deaths, it may not be much compared with say Iraq, Syria or Yemen, which records ten times that much every month. However the raw savagery unleashed by the assailants in Bangladesh made a chilling read.
They were 19-20 year olds, just out of some top notch schools in Bangladesh. But their savagery was reminiscent of medieval era warriors. Though they were carrying guns, machete was their favourite weapon and beheading, lynching their preferred mode to get rid of victims. The guns were only meant to be used when confronted with security forces.
In Bangladesh it looks like lynching is a very prevalent mode used by extremists. It has been used numerous times to kill bloggers, priests and just about anyone opposed to their ideologies or religious beliefs. Though guns provide the luxury of distance while eliminating people, these extremists seem to be hankering after greater sadistic pleasure of being in close proximity to their victims, while the latter meet with their blood spattered end.
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The second cruellest attack happened in Nice in France on July 14. It came as a rude awakening to the French security establishment, which was breathing easy after an incident-free Euro cup soccer. Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a driver of Tunisian origin, turned an innocuous looking truck into a killing machine.
It ploughed through a crowd, which had gathered to watch the Bastille Day fireworks, for nearly two kilometres and killed 84 people. Here too guns played a secondary role, while the 19-ton vehicle trampled the victims under its wheels.
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Lastly there are forgotten people residing in conflict zones such as Iraq, Syria and Yemen. For the world community they are not even significant enough to be a statistic as hundreds die on a daily basis. Iraq and Syria are sometimes lucky enough to get a passing mention when some 50 plus people get killed in a bomb blast or when the problem of refugee influx to Europe is discussed.
But the Yemenis are the proverbial children of lesser god. This poorest country in Arab world gets pounded by fighter jets from regional satraps such as Saudi Arabia and UAE with impunity for months together and the rest of the world does not even bat an eyelid.
Yemeni lives matter! Anyone?
Also Read: Bangalore Beat
