The ashram official, Bobbie Garvey, said those killed were Alan Scherr, 58, and his daughter Naomi, 13. Two other Americans and two Canadians on the retreat were injured.
According to Ms. Garvey, Mr. Scherr was an artist and astrologer. His daughter had grown up at the ashram, Synchronicity, which is based in Virginia.
Most of the group, a total of 25 people, were in their rooms at the Oberoi when gunmen burst into the hotel, Ms. Garvey said. Six, however, were having dinner in a hotel cafe, when the gunmen arrived.
The ashram was been established in 1985, but this was the first time the ashram’s leader, Charles Cannon, had taken a group from Virginia with him to India. (More)
Source: NY Times
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