UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called Tuesday's terror attack in Hebron in which four Israeli were shot and killed a "blatant attempt" to derail upcoming peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, AFP reported.
"The secretary-general condemns the killing of four Israeli citizens in the West Bank on 31 August," Ban's spokesman said in a statement.
He called for the swift justice of those responsible for the "cynical crime."
The statement also expressed Ban's condolences to the families of those slain in the attacks.
