EU chief ‘heartbroken’
BRUSSELS: European Council President Charles Michel sent his condolences on Wednesday after a shooting at a primary school in Texas. “My thoughts go out to the people of the United States in the wake of the horrific attack in Texas,” Michel said on Twitter and that he was” heartbroken by the senseless loss of so many innocent lives.” “My deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims,” he said.
Pope: ‘commit ourselves’
ROME: Pope Francis has expressed shock at the rampage. “I am heartbroken after the massacre at the primary school in Texas,” the head of the Catholic Church said at the general audience in St Peter’s Square on Wednesday. “I pray for the children, for the adults killed and for their families.” “It is time to say no more to the indiscriminate arms trade,” the pontiff demanded in his brief address. “Let us all commit ourselves so that such tragedies can never again happen.”
Macron shares shock
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed his sympathy after the rampage. “We share the shock and grief of the American people, and the rage of those who are fighting to end the violence,” Macron wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. The French leader called the attack “cowardly.”
German chancellor sends condolences
BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed his condolences to the bereaved and injured after the deadly shooting at a school in Texas. “Our thoughts are with the injured and the bereaved of the victims of this inconceivable massacre for which hardly any words can be found,”he wrote on Twitter in English.
He expressed his condolences to US President Joe Biden and “our American friends.” Social Democrat leader Saskia Esken wrote on Twitter of “inconceivable grief and inconceivable rage” at the killings.
“Once again innocent people, yes: children! have become victims of a violent crime in the USA. — dpa
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