Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The United Nations Security Council on Monday
said it condemned in the strongest possible terms terror attacks that
left 34 people dead in Mogadishu.
In a statement on Sunday's
attacks, the 15 council members said they “underline their willingness
to take action against those whose behaviour threatens the peace,
stability, or security of Somalia”.
They likewise “reaffirm their
resolve to support the peace and reconciliation process in Somalia,
including through the imminent deployment of a new UN Special Political
Mission”.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon said he was “confident that such appalling acts will not
derail the determination of the Somali people to achieve peace and
security in their country”.
Ban said he “reiterates the
commitment of the United Nations to support the Federal Government of
Somalia, its institutions and the Somali people”.
On Sunday, a nine-man suicide
commando unit blasted its way into Mogadishu's main court complex, some
blowing up their explosive vests while others sprayed gunfire in a
rampage that left 29 civilians dead, while a separate bomb attack killed
five more.
The al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility for the courthouse attack.