UN Security Council, chief condemn Cairo terror attack
The U.N. Security Council has condemned in the strongest
terms “the cowardly terrorist act” in Cairo that killed at least 20 people and
injured others.
Council members said in a statement Tuesday that the
perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of Sunday’s “reprehensible
acts of terrorism” must be held accountable and brought to justice.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also strongly
condemned “the terrorist attack,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
A car packed with explosives being driven to carry out an
attack exploded in a collision in Cairo in the deadliest attack in the Egyptian
capital in over two years.
The Security Council said “terrorism” threatens
international peace and security and reiterated that “any acts of terrorism are
criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, whenever
and by whomsoever committed.”
