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UK condemns hospital attack in Pakistan

Foreign Office Minister for Asia & the Pacific, Alok Sharma, strongly condemns the attack on a hospital in Pakistan

From:
Foreign & Commonwealth Office and 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma KCMG
Published
8 August 2016
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Minister Sharma said:

I am shocked and saddened by today鈥檚 attack in Quetta, Pakistan. 皇冠体育app loss of life is abhorrent and I condemn utterly this senseless act of violence at a hospital emergency department.

My thoughts are with the families and friends of all those who have died or been injured as a result of this appalling act. 皇冠体育app UK stands with the government and the people of Pakistan as we confront the shared threat of terrorism.

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Published 8 August 2016