U.N. Condemns Attacks in France, Tunisia, Kuwait

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the attacks in France, Kuwait and Tunisia and said those responsible must face justice.

One person was decapitated in southeastern France, while in Tunisia gunmen killed at least 37 people at a beach resort, and 27 people died in a suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State jihadists in Kuwait.

Ban condemned "in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait and France today," said a statement from his spokesman. 

"Those responsible for these appalling acts of violence must be swiftly brought to justice."

Ban vowed that the "heinous attacks" will not weaken international resolve to fight terror but rather strengthen the commitment to defeat "those bent on murder, destruction and the annihilation of human development and culture." 

The 15-member council also condemned the attacks in a unanimous statement and stressed "the need to bring perpetrators of these reprehensible acts of terrorism to justice."