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UN Secretary-General condemns bomb attack on night market in Philippine

| | Sep 05, 2016, at 03:21 am

# bomb attack # night market # Philippines # UN

New York, Sept 4 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned Friday's bomb attack on a night market in Davao City in the Philippines that killed at least 12 people and injured dozens, his spokesman said on Sunday.

“The Secretary-General stresses the need to ensure accountability and to bring to justice the perpetrators of these terrorist attacks,” the spokesman added in a statement.

The Secretary-General extends his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a speedy recovery to those injured, and stands with the Government and people of the Philippines, the spokesman said.

Davao is located on the Southeast Asian country's Mindanao Island

Photo: Guy Oliver/IRIN

Source: www.justearthnews.com

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