Holy See laments terrorist attacks in Dahab in condolence telegram

(April26,2006) A Holy See official expressed profound grief and sadness over the triple bombing in the Egyptian resort city of Dahab that killed on April 24 at least 23 people, and injured many, among them several tourists. Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, president of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers , expressed his condolences in a telegram to Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, Apostolic Nuncio in Cairo. Archbishop Marchetto expressed prayers for the eternal repose of the victims, and courage to those who have been stricken by mourning and suffering. He also expressed his heartfelt solidarity to all those who will have to face the consequences of this tragic blow against the Egyptian tourist industry, very important in the country's economy. The explosions on Monday struck a supermarket, a restaurant and a cafeteria in the Sinai resort. “ The attack in Dahab has been firmly condemned by the international community. From Gaza came immediately the condemnation of the Palestinian government headed by Hamas," reported L'Osservatore Romano, Vatican’s semi official newspaper . “The sinister shadow of terrorism again extends over the world," it said ."Criminal projects that -- as Pope Benedict XVI stressed in his message for the World Day of Peace are often the fruit of a tragic and disturbing nihilism”, it added.