By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – Members of the UN Security Council on Friday condemned Tuesday’s terrorist attack on the Jaffar Express passenger train, which was travelling from Quetta to Peshawar in Pakistan, in a press statement issued in New York.
It said that the armed group Balochistan Liberation Army attacked the train near the city of Sibi in Balochistan province and took its passengers hostages.
According to media reports the standoff ended on Wednesday, with Pakistani security forces conducting an operation and killing the attackers.
Media reports said that 21 hostages and 4 members of the security forces were also killed.
Members of the Security Council in a press statement “reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security”.
They underlined the need to hold perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of such acts of terrorism accountable and urged all States, in accordance with their obligations under international law and relevant Security Council resolutions, to cooperate actively with the Government of Pakistan in this regard, the statement said.
It added “The members of the Security Council reiterated that any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed” .
Comments are closed.