Prime Minister Sipilä strongly condemns the New Zealand shootings
Government Communications Department
Publication date
15.3.2019
12.49
Type:Press release
159/2019
Today on 15 March, Prime Minister Juha Sipilä strongly condemns the mass shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. “This senseless act of terrorism has been a shock to us all. I offer my deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims”, says Prime Minister Juha Sipilä.
“The incident was an attack against our common values. We will always strictly condemn such violence and terror”, Sipilä says.
Prime Minister Sipilä expresses his condolences on behalf of the Finnish Government to the Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern.
Juha Sipilä
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