SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS INDIA BOMBINGS, APPEALS FOR RESTRAINT

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

The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest of terms the series of bombings in two cities in India that have killed and wounded a large number of civilians.  He reiterates that no cause or grievance can justify terrorist acts of this kind and appeals for restraint in the face of such provocation.

The Secretary-General sends his deepest sympathies to the families of those who lost their lives, the wounded and the people and Government of India.

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