ADDIS ABABA, WASHINGTON: African Union president Jean Ping and US officials have denounced the attack in Cairo that killed a French teenager and wounded 25 other people, most of them foreign tourists.
Ping condemned the blind violence of the weekend attack in a statement issued from the African Union s headquarters in Addis Ababa late Monday.
The whole of Africa … reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the struggle against terrorism in all its forms and its solidarity with the Egyptian people in this difficult moment, said the statement.
Meanwhile, US State Department spokesman Robert Wood said, We strongly condemn this terrorist attack in Cairo.
We, obviously, express our sympathies to the families of the victims. And we will continue to work closely with the government of Egypt to do what we can to support them in their efforts to fight terrorism, he said.
Sunday s bomb blast ripped through a square lined with cafes and restaurants in Khan El-Khalili, a market dating from the 14th century that is one of the Egyptian capital s main tourist attractions.
Those wounded in the bombing included four Egyptians, 17 French tourists, a German national and three Saudis.
Egyptian police on Monday arrested three suspects in connection with the attack.
