UN strongly denounces terrorist attack in Karachi

The United Nations Security Council issued a statement on Tuesday strongly condemning the terrorist attack in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday night that killed two Chinese and several Pakistani nationals.

The Security Council "condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack near Jinnah International Airport", the statement said.

The Chinese embassy in Pakistan said that at least two Chinese nationals were killed and another injured when their convoy was attacked near the airport.