April 01, 2025 10:38 am (IST)

Make this your homepage

Foreign

Fresh encounter breaks out in J&K's Kathua, security forces trap 3 terrorists | Pakistani advocacy group nominates Imran Khan for Nobel Peace Prize | 'Going to an address where I haven't lived for last 10 years is a waste of time': Kunal Kamra's dig at cops | India, US to jointly design nuclear power plants in India | 'Is Sanatan dharm dirty?': Suvendu Adhikari slams Mamata Banerjee's 'provocative speech' on Eid | Stay united: Mamata Banerjee's appeal to people on Eid as BJP aims Hindu vote consolidation | 'The city is dangerous': Indian origin techie claims to be shot twice near San Francisco hotel in US | Who is YouTuber Mridul Tiwari, the owner of Lamborghini that hit two pedestrians in Noida? | 'Lion does not hunt dogs': Ex-Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat's remark against Dalit IAS officer triggers row | President Murmu, PM Modi greet people on Eid-ul-Fitr

UN Photo/Amanda Voisard

Iraq: UN denounces attack on university in Baghdad

India Blooms News Service | | Apr 22, 2014, at 04:55 pm

#UNAMI # suicide attack # Imam Kadhim University # Baghdad # Iraq # United nations

New York, Apr 22 (IBNS): The head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has denounced the "vicious and cowardly" suicide attack that took place on Sunday against the Imam Kadhim University in the capital, Baghdad.

The attack on the Shiite university, one of several that took place on Sunday ahead of the national elections scheduled for 30 April, has reportedly left several people dead and wounded.

“This is yet another example of sectarian-based violence that the people of this country need to fight in order to bring this country to tranquility, and it is happening at a time when the Iraqi people are preparing to go to the polls in a few days,” said Nickolay Mladenov, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of UNAMI.

“The target has been selected to incite sectarian hatred, with utter disregard for human life and religious values.”

Mladenov offered his condolences to the families of those who died in what he described as a “vicious and cowardly attack on innocent civilians” and wished a speedy recovery to those injured.

During the upcoming polls – the third national election under the 2005 Constitution – Iraqis will choose their national representatives. On the same day, voters in the Kurdistan Region will also choose their governorate council representatives.

(Nickolay Mladenov, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Mission for Iraq. UN Photo/Amanda Voisard)

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.

India
International

Related Images

In image Israeli strike in southern Gaza Dec 06, 2023, at 05:13 am

In Images: Uzbekistan presidential election Jul 10, 2023, at 07:08 pm

Xi Jinping, Putin in Russia Mar 22, 2023, at 08:26 pm