Secretary-General strongly condemns islamabad car bombing

 

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

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the car bombing outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad today which reportedly killed at least six and injured dozens of others.  A security guard at a nearby UNDP [United Nations Development Programme] building was among those killed, and six locally recruited staff working for a UNDP project were injured.  The Secretary-General reiterates his total rejection of such acts of terrorism and expresses condolences to the families of the victims and to the Government of Pakistan.

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