UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon denounced Tuesday's terrorist attack in the vicinity of Mogadishu International Airport that killed at least a dozen people. 
Condemning the attack in a statement attributed to his spokesperson, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reaffirmed that "such criminal acts will not diminish the strong resolve of the United Nations to continue supporting the people and Government of Somalia in their work to build peace and stability in the country". 
"The overwhelming majority of Somalis have rejected such terrorist tactics and the use of violence to achieve political objectives," he said. 
"This horrific incident is a fresh example of the extremists’ desperate attempts to disrupt political progress" but neither the Somali authorities nor the UN will be deterred from moving forward, he stressed, noting that limited franchise elections are due to be held later this year.

Source; QNA