UN chief slams deadly terrorist attacks in Mastung, Hangu
Pakistan
UN chief slams deadly terrorist attacks in Mastung, Hangu
UNITED NATIONS (APP) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Friday’s terrorist attacks in Pakistan and called for bringing the people responsible for those strikes to justice.
“We condemn the terrorist attacks that took place in Pakistan, killing more than 50 people,” his Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at the regular noon briefing at UN Headquarters in New York.
“The fact that these killings took place during religious ceremonies makes them even more heinous”, he said, adding that it was “even more horrific to target people as they go about a religious ceremony, a peaceful religious ceremony.”
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At least 51 people were killed and more than 60 people suffered multiple injuries following a 'powerful' suicide blast in Mastung district of Balochistan on Friday, the Mastung Deputy Commissioner told media.
The dead and the injured were initially shifted to the DHQ Hospital and other infirmaries. The incident took place at a bazaar near Madina Masjid on Al Falah Road. Rescue 1122 ambulances, police and Bomb Disposal Squad officials reached the crime scene.
