Argentina president laments death of five citizens in New York attack

BUENOS AIRES – Argentina's President Mauricio Macri said on Wednesday he lamented the death of five Argentineans from the city of Rosario in the attack in New York a day earlier.

"They were five young entrepreneurs, model citizens in Rosario society," he said at the opening of an event in Buenos Aires. "We all must stand together in the fight against terrorism."

Argentina's foreign ministry released the names of the five dead late on Tuesday and said they were visiting New York as part of a group of friends celebrating the 30th anniversary of their high school graduation.