The European Union presidency condemned Monday's suicide bomb attack outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, in which up to eight people died and dozens were wounded.
"No cause can justify this act of terrorism," the Slovenian EU presidency said in an official statement.
Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller said a Pakistani cleaner employed at the embassy was killed and three local employees were hurt, but the embassy's four Danish staffers including the charge d'affaires were unharmed.
There was no claim of responsibility but Pakistani officials said the attack could be a reaction to blasphemous cartoons about the Prophet Mohammed, which Danish newspapers first published in 2005 and then reprinted in February.
The presidency expressed its deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wished a quick recovery to those injured in the attack, said the statement, adding that the Slovenian presidency, on behalf of the EU, expresses its full solidarity with Denmark.
The EU would continue to support Pakistan in its fight against terrorism and would also continue to render its firm support to all international efforts to combat terrorism, said the statement.
Source:Xinhua
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