ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Office responds over deadly attack in Germany.
Pakistan has expressed solidarity with Germany over the recent attacks onshisha bars in which a suspected far-right extremist shot down nine people,including at least five Turkish nationals.
The Foreign Office, in a statement today, said that Pakistan stronglycondemned the heinous attacks in Germany’s Hanau, expressing deep concernover rise in Islamophobia, xenophobia, and racial hatred.
“Pakistan remains deeply concerned at the rising tide of Islamophobia,xenophobia and racial hatred sweeping across many parts of the world. Theattacks once more underscore that violent extremism knows no race, religionor nationality. We reiterate our call for concerted efforts to root outideologies of hate, as well as address the underlying causes of hatecrimes,” read the statement.
The FO said that Pakistan stands with the government and people of Germany,particularly the bereaved families.
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“We also express our deep condolences to the Turkish Government over theloss of innocent Turkish lives in the shootings. We wish the injured speedyrecovery,” said the FO.
In the statement, the FO also extended offer to aid Germany and‘like-minded states’ in countering Islamophobia and promoting‘inter-religious and inter-civilizational harmony’.
The attack targeted two shisha bars in Hanau, a town close to Frankfurt.
