SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS BAGHDAD SUICIDE BOMBING, APPALLED
BY CONTINUED INDISCRIMINATE KILLING OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the latest suicide bombing that took place today in the centre of Baghdad, in which more than 30 people were killed and many more wounded. The Secretary-General is appalled by the continued indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians, which no cause can justify. He sends his condolences to the families of the victims.
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