PM, UN chief condemn blasts; Pak Taliban denies role
16 Apr 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrote to the United States President Barack Obama this morning condemning the bomb attack at the Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured over 144, many of them critically.
Singh said that India is ready to offer its full support in combating terrorism.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the bombing as ''senseless violence''.
Speaking at a ceremony at UN Headquarters commemorating the 19th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide on Monday, Ban said the bombing ''is all the more appalling for taking place at an event renowned for bringing people together from around the world in a spirit of sportsmanship and harmony''.
He said, ''For now I just wanted to say that my thoughts are with everyone in Boston,'' and expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the victims, wishing those wounded a speedy recovery.
Meanwhile the Pakistan Taliban, which claimed the 2010 Times Square bomb plot, today denied it had anything to do with the explosions.
''We believe in attacking US and its allies but we are not involved in this attack,'' Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told AFP.
''We have no connection to this bombing but we will continue to target them (Americans and their allies) wherever possible,'' Ehsan added.
