Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on terrorist acts in Uzbekistan

The Secretary-General expressed his dismay about the series of terrorist bombings and other violent acts perpetrated in the past two days in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, and the provincial center Bukhara, which reportedly claimed the lives of more than 20 people and left more than 50 injured, most them civilians.

The Secretary-General condemns those criminal acts in the strongest terms. Targeting of civilians is a crime which cannot be justified by any cause.