Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose country is seeking EU membership, but has often been urged by Brussels to ensure greater protection of religious and other minority freedoms, condemned the attack, describing it as "savagery".
Turski premijer Redžep Tajip Erdogan, čija zemlja teži članstvu u EU, ali je često bila pozivana od strane Brisela da osigura veću zaštitu verskih i drugih manjinskih sloboda, osudio je napad opisujući ga kao "divljaštvo".