Исламская Республика Пакистан
On the Terrorist Act in Pakistan
PRESS RELEASE
A large-scale terrorist act took place on December 4 in Rawalpindi (a satellite town near Islamabad) that mostly targeted military officers and members of their families performing a Friday Muslim prayer in a mosque. According to available information, a group of suicide militants stormed the mosque during the divine service and killed praying people in cold blood with a combination of gunfire, grenades and suicide bomb blasts. Thirty-two people reportedly were killed and 45 others wounded. There are children among the victims.
Russia strongly condemns this terrorist act by extremists that claimed many lives and expresses sympathy for the victims and solidarity with the people of Pakistan in its struggle against terrorism.
December 4, 2009