The World Jewish Congress denounced today the machinegun attack in Zurich as “inhuman and dastardly.” Dr. Joachim Prinz, chairman of its governing council, also urged the UN “to avoid any appearance of a double standard” in such incidents and urged the UN Commission on Human Rights, now meeting in Geneva, to “condemn those responsible for the attempted murder of innocent civilian persons at Zurich.”
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