Zuma condemns terrorist attacks in Yemen, Turkey and Somalia

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© Reuters/Feisal Omar Residents carry the dead body of a man killed after a suicide car bomb went off at the entrance of Somalia's biggest port in the capital Mogadishu December 11, 2016.

CAPE TOWN - President Jacob Zuma on Monday sent condolences to Yemen, Turkey and Somalia following terrorist attacks at the weekend that5 left scores dead and injured.
The statement on deadly attacks in Aden, Istanbul and Mogadishu stressed that deliberate attacks against civilians were contraventions of well-established international human rights and humanitarian law and constituted crimes against humanity.
“The South African government condemns in the strongest terms the deadly terrorist attacks that took place in Yemen, Turkey and Somalia this weekend,” Zuma said in the statement.
“Terrorism in any form and from whichever quarter cannot be condoned. We will continue to support regional and international efforts to address the scourge of terrorism in all its forms.”
The government's statement made no mention of the attack on Egyptian Christians in Cairo in which 25 worshippers were killed.

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