UN condemns Pulwama terror attack, calls for bringing perpetrators to justice

The United Nations on Thursday (local time) strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district which claimed as many as 40 lives of security personnel and called for bringing the perpetrators behind the attack to justice."We strongly condemn today's attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama. We express our deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and to the people and the Government of India. We wish a speedy recovery to injured and call for those behind the attack to be brought to justice," the UN said in a statement.In the deadliest terror attack on security forces in Kashmir, around 40 CRPF personnel were killed when their convoy was targeted in Pulwama district on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway.The convoy comprised 78 buses in which around 2,500 personnel were travelling from Jammu to Srinagar.A bus, in which 42 CRPF personnel were travelling, was extensively damaged in the blast which was followed by firing on the ...