Merkel voices ‘sorrow and horror’ over Manchester attack

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech during the opening ceremony for the new plant of the ACCUMOTIVE company producing accumulators for cars in Kamenz, eastern Germany on May 22, 2017. Accumotive is a subsidary of German car maker Daimler AG. / AFP PHOTO / ROBERT MICHAEL
German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech during the opening ceremony for the new plant of the ACCUMOTIVE company producing accumulators for cars in Kamenz, eastern Germany on May 22, 2017.
Accumotive is a subsidary of German car maker Daimler AG. / AFP PHOTO / ROBERT MICHAEL

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday expressed her “sorrow and horror” over the bomb attack in Manchester, vowing that Germany will stand by Britain in the fight against terror.

“This suspected terrorist attack will only strengthen our resolve to work with our British friends against those who plan and execute such inhuman acts. I assure the people in Britain: Germany stands by your side,” she said in a statement.

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