Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Suicide Attacks in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

May 13, 2011
Japanese

Japan is shocked and outraged by the many deaths and injuries caused by the suicide bomb attacks on Friday, May 13 in Charsadda in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP Province), Pakistan (about 30 km north of Peshawar, the capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and about 200 km northwest of Islamabad, the Pakistani capital). Japan mourns the victims and expresses its condolences to the bereaved families. Japan also offers its sympathy to those wounded in the attacks.
Japan firmly condemns such act of terrorism as inexcusable. Japan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, and strongly reiterates that no act of terrorism can be justified.
Japan hopes that the people of Pakistan will recover quickly from this ordeal, and intends to continue cooperating with the international community to combat terrorism.

(*This is a provisional translation. The above date denotes the date of the issue of the original press release in Japanese.)

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