"While accepting the fact that Major Nidal Malik Hasan practiced the Islamic faith, we offer no justification for his ungodly and heinous, cowardly act of violence,"
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My prayers are with all the survivors and families of those lost in this cowardlyact of violence.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti described the attacks as "a cowardlyact of violence that prompts disdain and leaves us shocked with its suffering and horror" in a message to President Obama.
He said it was unclear who carried out the attack and why, but that the Boston bombings were a "heinous and cowardlyact" that the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism.