Leading Muslim clerics joined Gulf Arab leaders on Friday in condemning a truck attack that killed at least 84 revellers in the Mediterranean resort of Nice on France's national holiday. The six Gulf Arab states issued a joint statement saying that they "strongly" condemned the "terrorist" act in Nice. Sunni Islam’s leading seat of learning Al-Azhar on Friday condemned the deadly truck attack and urged unity to “rid the world” of “terrorism”. “These vile terrorist attacks contradict Islamic teachings,” the Cairo-based institution said in a statement after Thursday evening’s attack, which killed at least 84 people and wounded scores more. At least 84 people were killed when a gunman rammed a truck through a crowd of thousands celebrating Bastille Day on the French Riviera on Thursday evening.

Source: Thanhnien News July 15, 2016 16:52 UTC