Saudi minister Al-Jubeir says Vienna attack is a crime contrary to all religions

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia June 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri/File Photo

CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs Adel Al-Jubeir said on Twitter on Tuesday that the Vienna attack was a heinous crime contrary to all religions and human values.

"We share with friends in the Republic of Austria the sorrow of the terrorist crime that targeted innocent people in Vienna. This heinous crime and its likes are contrary to all religions and human values, and it emphasizes to us that terrorism has no religion or race," his tweet said.

(Reporting by Ahmed Tolba, writing by Nayera Abdallah; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)