United Nations representative Tor Wennesland said that "there is no justification for violence or terrorism. There is nothing heroic in the killing of civilians and there is no excuse for praising such acts."[20] American ambassador to Israel Thomas R. Nides called it a "despicable terrorist attack."[21] In addition, the attack aso received condemnations from Ukrainian ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk,[22] the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs,[23] and Russian president Vladimir Putin.[24]