North Korea Accuses U.S. of 'Mugging' Diplomats at JFK Airport
- Officials took diplomatic package in ‘violent assault’: KCNA
- KCNA report comes just days after return of U.S. student
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North Korea has accused U.S. officials of assaulting a delegation at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport by forcibly seizing a diplomatic package they were carrying.
The group was returning from a United Nations conference on Friday when the incident occurred, the official Korean Central News Agency said on Sunday, citing a foreign ministry spokesman.