North Korea has described a dramatic raid at its embassy in Madrid last month as a “grave terrorist attack” and urged Spanish authorities to bring the suspects to justice.
朝鲜将其驻西班牙大使馆2月遭遇的戏剧性突袭称为“严重恐怖袭击”，敦促西班牙当局将嫌犯绳之以法。
The statement, issued by a North Korean foreign ministry official and carried by the country’s state media, is Pyongyang’s first public response to the mysterious break-in.
由朝鲜外务省一名官员发布、并由该国官方媒体发表的声明，是平壤方面首次公开回应此次神秘闯入事件。
The embassy raid was “an illegal intrusion into and occupation of a diplomatic mission” and a “flagrant violation of international law”, said the state-run Korean Central News Agency.
朝鲜中央通讯社(KCNA)发表的声明称，“对外交代表处的非法入侵、占据和抢劫行径，是……对国际法的粗暴蹂躏”。
The North Korean statement comes just days after a Spanish judge revealed that 10 suspects entered the North Korean embassy in Madrid on February 22 and held staff hostage while they stole electronic devices, before fleeing to Portugal.
朝鲜发表这份声明的几天前，一名西班牙法官透露，10名嫌疑人于2月22日进入马德里的朝鲜驻西班牙大使馆，将使馆人员扣为人质，偷走电子设备，然后逃往葡萄牙。