(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was appalled by Saturday's
killing of 10 people in a vile act of racist violent extremism in
Buffalo, New York, his deputy spokesman said, Trend reports citing
Xinhua .
Guterres extended his deepest condolences to the families and
loved ones of the victims and hoped justice will be served swiftly,
said Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesman, in a statement.
'The secretary-general condemns in the strongest terms racism in
all its forms and discrimination based on race, religion, belief or
national origin. We must all work together toward building more
peaceful and inclusive societies,' said the statement.
A heavily armed 18-year-old white man shot and killed 10 people
and injured three others at a supermarket in Buffalo of New York
State on Saturday. The shooting was being investigated as a hate
crime and an act of racially motivated violent extremism, said U.S.
authorities.
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