Movie theater bombed in India

Recently, a packed movie theater in Northern India was bombed, killing six people and injuring thirty. This was the second apparent terror attack in the past week in Northern India. A few days ago, two people were killed in the bombing of a venerated Muslim shrine. The Shringar Cinema, where the bombing took place was full and held about six hundred people, who were watching a newly released Bollywood comedy.

Unfortunately, this type of senseless attack occurs more often in developing countries, such as India. Radical religious groups think little of bombing innocent, unsuspecting people. These bombers justify their actions in the name of their religion and therefore, it is very difficult to make them understand the senselessness of their brutal actions. If this type of crime occurred in our country, there would a huge uproar about it, loud public outcry and the guilty parties pursued and prosecuted. Such news would be front page all around the world. Yet a bombing in India gets almost no attention because unfortunately, it is more commonplace. How is convince terror groups that their murderous tactics are not acceptable is a huge problem in the world today and one that many people are trying to solve. Hopefully educating the young in more moderate, less brutal approaches to reach their goals may be a start.