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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