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UN officials voice outrage at deadly attack on UN office in Somalia

（Xinhua）  09:08, June 20, 2013  

UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mark Lyall Grant (1st R), whose country holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of June, speaks to journalists at the UN headquarters in New York, on June 19, 2013. The UN Security Council on Wednesday voiced its outrage by the attack on a UN compound in Mogadishu, Somalia, which caused numerous deaths and injuries. Suicide bombers attacked the UN's office in Mogadishu on Wednesday, leaving at least 15 people dead, including eight working for the UN. The al-Qaida linked militant Al-Shabaab group said it was behind the assault. (Xinhua/Niu Xiaolei)

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