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Egypt condemns catastrophic terror attacks in Brussels

Xinhua, March 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

Egypt strongly denounced terrorist attacks at Brussels' airport and a metro station on Tuesday morning, which left 28 people killed and dozens injured.

"Terrorism does not differentiate between religions, races or borders," Egypt Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said in a press release.

"The international community has to unite to counter this despicable phenomenon and its expansion to the degree we see now," he said.

"The world should take a firm stand to tackle the international terrorism that targets the security and stability of nations and hinder the progress of human civilization," he added.

Swift and effective measures are needed to beat sources of funding terrorism, and to prevent the recruitment of more elements into the lines of criminal groups, he added.

Experts see the blast in Belgium could be reprisals by Islamic extremists after the arrest in Brussels on Friday of Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect of Paris attacks. Endit