Vast denunciation of the explosion, France sends experts to investigate in Doha explosion

The French President Jacque Chirac strongly condemned the suicide operation which targeted a theatre for a British school in Doha on Saturday evening, and described the attack as terrorist.

He stressed in a message sent to the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani, the determination of the two countries to fight terrorism relentlessly.

Chirac also stressed sending a French team of experts in criminal investigation and explosives to Doha at the request of the Qatari authorities in order to investigate the explosion which resulted in killing one British and wounding other 12 of various nationalities.

The explosion was greatly deplored by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states. The Qatari news agency said that the Amir of Qatar received several telephone calls from the King of Bahrain, President of the United Arab Emirates, The prime minister of Kuwait who voiced solidarity with Qatar and denounced the incident.

The general secretariat of the GCC strongly condemned the attack and expressed commiseration to the families of the victims. Oman, for its part, expressed solid backing to Qatar to maintaining its security.