Security Council condemns terrorist incident in Cairo

 

 By Craig Melon             August 7, 2019

The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned in the strongest terms the "cowardly terrorist act" that took place near the National Institute of Oncology in Cairo, which killed at least 20 people and injured others.

Members of the Security Council said in a statement that the perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of Sunday's "heinous acts of terrorism" should be held accountable and brought to justice.

Un Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the "terrorist attack," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric was quoted by the Associated Press as saying.

The Security Council noted that "terrorism" threatens international peace and security, stressing that "any terrorist acts are criminal and unjustified acts, regardless of their motive, place, time and perpetrator."

The accident, which resulted in the crash of 10 cars, killed at least 20 people and injured dozens, while the Interior Ministry later announced that investigations had found that one of the vehicles in the collision in front of the Oncology Institute contained a quantity of explosives intended to carry out a terrorist attack.

None of the patients were injured in the bombing, but the tragedy that claimed the lives of at least 20 people added to the suffering of those patients who watched death hover around them outside the walls of the Institute and claim innocent lives who happened to have been driving by car at the time of the accident.