SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ISLAMABAD GRENADE ATTACK

AS ‘CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY AND RELIGION’

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is appalled by Sunday’s grenade attack on a Christian church in Islamabad that left several people dead and many wounded.  He condemns in the strongest possible terms this vicious act of terrorism.  The heartless and indiscriminate killing of innocent worshippers is a crime against humanity and religion.  The Secretary-General offers his deepest condolences to the bereaved families of the victims.

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