I was having classes for Uni entry test prep and me, with bunch of girls, were hanging out on a small balacony that overlooks the busy road the building is on. We got bored and our maths class was about to begin so we started going inside when suddenly loud bangs started coming from the road. I thought something electrical blew up but the sounds didn't stop coming and a guy's screams joined in with each bang. The sounds combined with the man's shouts were almost deafening. We ran out immediately and with a wall slightly obstructing our view with saw the man almost jump a foot in the air as he got shot.

All of us almost at the same time realized that the shots were not stopping and they could randomly come towards us so we got down a bit. The drama subsided in a few minutes and people started gathering with the traffic police arriving immediately.

Our classes resumed. The guys just kept peeking out curiously while some of the girls around me started crying. Our teachers were the ones who called the ambulance and they informed us that the guy's wounds weren't fatal and he was hit on the leg. The reason for all of this ruckus was a stick up gone wrong. The guy was carrying quite a bit of money and a random small time crook decided to have a shot at it. The obvious uncrontrollable shooting is evidence to the fNever in my whole life did I imagine that I would ever, ever, ever, see anything like that...

I was having classes for Uni entry test prep and me, with bunch of girls, were hanging out on a small balacony that overlooks the busy road the building is on. We got bored and our maths class was about to begin so we started going inside when suddenly loud bangs started coming from the road. I thought something electrical blew up but the sounds didn't stop coming and a guy's screams joined in with each bang. The sounds combined with the man's shouts were almost deafening. We ran out immediately and with a wall slightly obstructing our view with saw the man almost jump a foot in the air as he got shot.

All of us almost at the same time realized that the shots were not stopping and they could randomly come towards us so we got down a bit. The drama subsided in a few minutes and people started gathering with the traffic police arriving immediately.

Our classes resumed. The guys just kept peeking out curiously while some of the girls around me started crying. Our teachers were the ones who called the ambulance and they informed us that the guy's wounds weren't fatal and he was hit on the leg. The reason for all of this ruckus was a stick up gone wrong. The guy was carrying quite a bit of money and a random small time crook decided to have a shot at it. The obvious uncrontrollable shooting is evidence to the fact that they were small timers caught off guard by the resistance.

I wanted to get this incident out of my system once and for all and share another fact that I feel most embarassed to share with people I know. They keep asking me how I'm feeling and I don't really feel much. I'm not an emotional person but seriously I thought I would feel a little bit more. I feel like such a bad person for not feeling properly upset. I'm more shocked at the fact that it happened 11 0' clock in the morning on a road full of traffic. People in cars had kept going on because they didn't even notice anything wrong. Not that this kind of thing happens often but because it's something that people don't consider a possibility.

I feel so sad that media has de-sensitized me so much that I can't feel properly horrified by something that truely is 'that' horrifying. Although now I can empathize with people living through wars. I can't imagine how they live with the constant fear and the sounds. The sounds will probably stick to me the most. I have never heard any human being making more painful and loud screams then that guy.