No Malaysian Casualties In France, Tunisia And Kuwait Attacks - Foreign Ministry

PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia), June 30 (Bernama) -- No Malaysian casualties have been reported in the terrorist attacks on June 26 in France, Tunisia and Kuwait, the Malaysia's Foreign Ministry said Monday. It said in a statement that Malaysia condemned the attacks in the three countries, which resulted in the loss of many innocent lives. "Though there is as yet no clear indication that the attacks on a chemical plant in France, on a seaside resort hotel in Tunisia and a bomb blast inside a mosque in Kuwait were interrelated, these brutal acts of violence serve to remind us that terrorism continues to pose a grave threat to international peace and security," it said. The ministry said there was thus an urgent need to accelerate global efforts to combat terrorism and counter violent terrorism. It said Malaysia extended its deepest condolences to the families of the victims. Media reports said that a man stormed an American-owned chemical plant near Lyon, France, decapitated one person and apparently tried to blow up the facility. In Tunisia, a gunman drew an assault rifle from a beach umbrella he was carrying and shot dead at least 38 people at a seaside resort while in Kuwait, a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque during communal prayers, killing at least 25 Syiah worshippers, the reports said. --BERNAMA