Nairobi Terror Attack Sponsors Must Be Brought To Justice - UN Security Council President

UNITED NATIONS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 17th January, 2019) The members of the UN Security Council are calling on the international community to assist the Kenyan government bring to justice the organizers and financiers of Tuesday's terrorist attack in Nairobi, Council President Jose Singer Weisinger of the Dominican Republic said in a statement.

On Tuesday, militants stormed the Dusit hotel complex in the Kenyan capital and engaged in a gung-and-bomb attack that killed at least 21 persons and injured numerous others.

"The members of the Security Council underlined the need to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism to justice and urged all States, in accordance with their obligations under international law and relevant Security Council resolutions, to cooperate actively with the government of Kenya and all other relevant authorities in this regard," Weisinger said on Wednesday.

UN Security Council members offered condolences to the victims of the terrorist attack and encouraged countries to continue combating terrorism under the UN Charter and the existing international law obligations, Weisinger added.

The Islamist terror group Al Shabab, which operates mainly in neighboring Somalia, has claimed responsibility for the gun-and-bomb attack. Al Shabab has pledged allegiance to the al-Qaeda terror group (outlawed in Russia).