EU condemns terrorist attack on Christian community in Pakistan

The foreign policy chief of the European Union (EU) Catherine Ashton on Monday condemned the terrorist attack on a church in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city. "The EU condemns this attack in the strongest terms," she said in a statement, "We call on the Government of Pakistan to take stronger action to ensure the protection of all its citizens regardless of their religion or belief, and to bring to justice all groups and individuals responsible for inciting and carrying out acts of terror." "We encourage all Pakistanis to work together to promote and ensure tolerance and mutual understanding," she said, "The EU offers its condolences to the bereaved families." According to officials in Peshawar, at least 78 people were killed and over 146 others injured when a twin suicide bomb attack hit a Christian church in the city on Sunday.