MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Daesh militant group claimed responsibility for the attack in Minnesota.
"I strongly condemn the apparent terrorist attacks in Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York. I pray for all of those who were wounded, and for their families," Clinton said in a statement Sunday, as quoted by the Boston Globe newspaper.
"ISIS [Daesh] has claimed responsibility for the attack in Minnesota, and this should steel our resolve to protect our country and defeat ISIS [Daesh] and other terrorist groups," Clinton said.
On Saturday, an explosion erupted overnight in Manhattan's busy Chelsea neighborhood, injuring 29 people. Later that day, a bomb exploded near a US Marine Corps charity race in the city of Seaside Park, New Jersey, about 82 miles south of New York City.
Also on Saturday an attacker off-duty police officer shot dead a suspected attacker who stabbed eight people inside a mall located in the US city of St. Cloud, Minnesota.
