Stating that it "was utterly unacceptable" that a UN agency had been made a terror target, the European Union has asked Pakistan to swiftly apprehend those behind the suicide bombing at the World Food Programme (WFP) office in Islamabad.

Strongly condemning the suicide bombing of the WFP headquarters in the Pakistani capital Tuesday, an EU presidency statement called on the government of Pakistan to take all necessary steps to "swiftly apprehend the culprits behind this heinous crime and bring them to justice," EuAsiaNews reported.