SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS DEADLY BOMB ATTACKS IN TURKEY

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Secretary-General regrets the loss of lives caused by a series of recent attacks in Turkey, including two bomb blasts in Izmir today, which reportedly left 1 person killed and 10 people wounded, as well as an attack on a bus on 29 September in south-eastern Turkey near the town of Beytüssebab in the Sirnak Province, which reportedly left 13 people killed.  The Secretary-General reiterates in the strongest terms his condemnation of violence in all its forms.

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