London attack

Our sympathies are with those that have been killed and injured in the attack on the  Westminster Bridge and Palace of Westminster ground. The London terrorist attack, that has so far killed five people and injured nearly forty, proves once again that no one can feel out of reach of the terrorists, more so when there is a palpably new mode of perpetrating attacks, as one can see from the Brussels and now the London attack.

These two incidents in recent times, demonstrate the 'lone wolf' attacks where a single motivated person, like in London or a handful like Brussels, with or without  any organic link with any international terror group, can inflict great damage, both psychological and physical,in a very crude manner.That is a lesson we should take from this incident. The attack has not only killed – thankfully the number of dead in London is not large, the purpose was to also impose a sense of terror and benumb a city. And a lesson that we can take from London is that the attack, shocking as it might be, has not created any disorder in the life of the Londoners. 

The attack also highlights the fact, and which we in this country should assimilate, is that although there is no 100 percent guarantee against such attacks and neither can those be foretold, the damage can be minimised with heightened level of alertness and quick-response preparedness by the security forces. We should not forget that while the security forces shall have to be successful every single day of the year, the terrorists need to be successful only one of the 365 days.