Secretaris-Generaal Raad van Europa veroordeelt bomaanslag in Diyarbakir (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Raad van Europa (RvE) i, gepubliceerd op woensdag 13 september 2006.

Strasbourg, 13.09.2006 – The criminals who planted a bomb in a park near an elementary school in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir are following a new revolting terrorist trend - which is to deliberately target children. In an attack which echoes the tragedy of Beslan, eleven people have reportedly been killed, with about half of them being children. There can be no excuse, there can be no explanation, there can be no justification. The people behind the bombing are murderers, and they are cowards. They must be caught, and they must be brought to justice. I would like to send a strong message of support to the Turkish people and express my condolences to the families of the innocent victims of this latest terrorist attack.

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