Terrorism, a threat to world peace - Security Council

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council unanimously in a non-binding statement condemned the attack that killed up to eight people and wounded 27 in Pakistan.

“The Security Council condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that occurred outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad,” said the statement adopted by all 15 council members.

It stressed that all nations must cooperate with Pakistan “to bring perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors of this reprehensible act of terrorism to justice.” And it made clear that “terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security.”

Earlier Monday, a suicide car bomb outside Denmark’s embassy in Pakistan killed up to eight people and wounded 27 in a possible new backlash over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, state media and officials said.

There was no claim of responsibility but officials said the attack was likely linked to the row over the Mohammed sketches, which Danish newspapers first published in 2005 and then reprinted in February.

Tuesday, AFP