People wait in line at John F. Kennedy International
Airport (JFK) in New York City.
(CNN)North
Korea says delegates it sent to a United Nations' conference in New
York were "literally mugged" by US authorities as they tried to leave
John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday.
In
a report published Sunday, Pyongyang's state-run Korean Central News
Agency (KCNA) accused US Department of Homeland Security officers and
airport police of taking a diplomatic package away from the delegation,
which it said carried a valid diplomatic courier certificate.
KCNA called the incident "an illegal and heinous act of provocation," adding that US authorities behaved like "gangsters."
The
US Department of Homeland Security confirmed that a group of three
North Koreans was confronted at JFK, but said they did not hold
diplomatic status.
"According
to the US State Department, the North Korean citizens were not
accredited members of North Korea's Mission to the UN and had no
entitlement to diplomatic immunity. The package in question had no
diplomatic protection from inspection," a Homeland Security statement
said. Read more
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