NEW YORK (AP) — North Korea claimed Sunday that U. S. officials forcibly seized a diplomatic package from one of their delegations at John F. Kennedy Airport, calling it an « illegal and heinous act of provocation. »
NEW YORK (AP) — North Korea claimed Sunday that U. S. officials forcibly seized a diplomatic package from one of their delegations at John F. Kennedy Airport, calling it an « illegal and heinous act of provocation. »
The official Korean Central News Agency said officials were returning from a UN conference on rights of persons with disabilities Friday when they were « literally mugged. »
« At the airport, a group of more than 20 including those who claimed to be from the U. S. Department of Homeland Security and the police officers made a violent assault like gangsters to take away the diplomatic package from the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) diplomats who were in possession of a valid diplomatic courier certificate, » a spokesman for North Korea’s foreign ministry told the news agency.
« As the diplomats vigorously resisted, they grabbed the diplomatic package using physical violence and made off, » the North Korean spokesman said.
