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Merkel strongly condemns recent terrorist attacks

Xinhua, July 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Dhaka and Baghdad.

"There is no justification for these barbaric, inhumane acts," said Merkel, adding that international cooperation must be stepped up to stop the terrorist attacks.

The chancellor also expressed her condolences to the families of the victims who come from many countries.

The attacks showed once again that terrorism poses a global threat and the international community must stand up to terrorists jointly," said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday.

"Only with the common and unwavering support of the international community, we will succeed in pushing back extremist terrorism and its deadly ideology piece by piece," he said.

Suspected Daesh operatives killed 20 people in a cafe popular with foreigners in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, while two bombings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad killed more than 200 people over the weekend. Endit