NORTH KOREA: Madrid embassy raid was ‘grave terror attack’

North Korea has described a break-in at its embassy in Spain last month as a “grave terrorist attack”. In its first official comment, the government demanded a probe and said it was watching rumours that the FBI had played a role. On Wednesday a group committed to ousting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the Cheollima […]

North Korea has described a break-in at its embassy in Spain last month as a “grave terrorist attack”.

In its first official comment, the government demanded a probe and said it was watching rumours that the FBI had played a role.

On Wednesday a group committed to ousting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the Cheollima Civil Defense, said it carried out the raid.

The group took computers and data and said it gave its evidence to the FBI. At least two international arrest warrants have been issued for the main suspects.

“A grave terrorist attack occurred on February 22, where an armed group assaulted the DPRK Embassy in Spain,” a spokesman for the North’s foreign ministry said in a statement.