UN Security Council condemns Pulwama attack, Names Pak-based JeM

New Delhi: Condemning the appalling Pulwama terror attack, the United Nations Security Council, on February 21, termed this suicide bombing that killed 45 CRPF soldiers, the most 'heinous' and 'cowardly' act.

The powerful International organisation for maintaining peace and security strongly criticized the terrorist strike in "strongest terms the heinous and cowardly suicide bombing in Jammu and Kashmir, which resulted in over 40 Indian paramilitary forces dead and dozens wounded on February 14, 2019, for which Jaish-e-Mohammed has claimed responsibility."

UNSC also named the Pakistan-based terror group headed by Masood Azhar, in a press statement.

This 15-nation body, which includes China as a permanent veto-wielding member that has in the past blocked India's bids in the Security Council Sanctions committee to designate JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, also reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security.

"The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly suicide bombing in Jammu and Kashmir, which resulted in over 40 Indian paramilitary forces dead and dozens wounded on February 14, 2019, for which Jaish-e-Mohammed has claimed responsibility," UNSC body said stated in a press statement.

"The members of the Security Council underlined the need to hold perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism accountable and bring them 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 India and all other relevant authorities in this regard," it further read.