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1st LD: UN Security Council slams deadly terrorist attack in Bangladesh

Xinhua, July 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

The UN Security Council on Saturday "strongly condemned the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack perpetrated in the city of Dhaka," Bangladesh, which killed at least 20 people.

"The members of the Security Council reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security," the council said in a statement issued to the press here.

The council members stressed the need to take measures to prevent and suppress the financing of terrorism, terrorist organizations and individual terrorists, in accordance with resolutions 2199 (2015) and 2253 (2015), said the statement.

The Islamic State in Iraq, also known as the ISIL or Da'esh), has claimed responsibility for the attack, which also injured at least 40 people, including senior police officials. Endit