Maya was conducting live interview on BBC News from their London studio when the first bullet shattered the window eighteen inches from her head, spraying safety glass across the desk and sending production crew diving for cover. The second shot struck the camera, destroying equipment and creating smoke that filled the studio with acrid burning plastic.
"Get down!" her security detail shouted, tackling Maya to floor as third and fourth shots punched through walls with precision that indicated professional sniper using high-caliber rifle from elevated position outside.
Maya's face pressed against cold studio floor, her heart hammering so hard she thought it might burst. This was not abstract threat or p********a warfare—this was steel and gunpowder and millimeters separating her skull fro
