Annan strongly condemns ‘vicious’ suicide attack in Pakistan

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today strongly condemned yesterday’s suicide attack at a Muslim prayer service in Karachi, Pakistan, where dozens of people were reportedly killed and injured.

In a statement released by his spokesman, the Secretary-General said the “vicious” bombing was inexcusable. “There can be no justification of any kind for such violence against civilians.”

He also conveyed his “deepest sympathy to the Government and people of Pakistan and to the families of the dozens of people reported killed and injured in this brutal attack,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in New York.