“This cowardly attack outside a restaurant in central Tikrit is pure evil. It has no aims other than to kill civilians and to try to destroy Iraq’s recovery and peaceful march after years of conflict. But the terrorists’ goal of undermining security and destabilizing the areas still recovering from the scourge of terrorism will fail with the unity of the Iraqi people and the vigilance of the security forces,” Mr. Kubiš said.

The Special Representative calls on the authorities to focus all efforts on combating the terrorists’ sleeper cells to thwart any future attacks against civilians.

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