The statement said unpardonable is the south Korean puppet regime's act of hurling the anti-DPRK gangsters into hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK.

Such a provocative act amounts to a thrice-cursed crime as it was committed at a time when all the Koreans were celebrating the Day of the Sun (the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung), the statement said.

The Day of the Sun is an auspicious day significantly celebrated not only by the Korean people but by the world progressives and followers of the Juche idea, it added.

The above-said crime committed by the south Korean human scum is a serious insult to the progressive mankind, the statement noted.

It demanded the regime severely punish the chief culprits.

It was just that the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army declared in its ultimatum that it would take a retaliatory counteraction without notice, the statement said, adding:

If the south Korean puppet regime has true intention of dialogue and negotiations, it has to immediately stop the hostile acts against the DPRK and punish the criminals. It should also apologize for its acts.