EU leaders urge 'understanding among religions' after knife attack in France

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The leaders of the 27-nation bloc also expressed solidarity with France.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BRUSSELS - EU leaders on Thursday condemned recent attacks in France and urged the world"to work towards dialogue and understanding among communities and religions, rather than division".

"We condemn in the strongest possible terms these attacks, which represent attacks on our shared values. Earlier Thursday, a man wielding a knife had attacked and killed three people praying inside the Basilica of Notre-Dame in the French city of Nice. But some leaders from the Muslim world, including Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have denounced the cartoons and anti-French demonstrations have erupted in several countries.

 

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