Consulate seige ends in Berne

Three masked assailants who seized the Spanish consulate in the Swiss capital, Berne, today, left the building after a three-hour siege.

Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said no Spanish staff had been hurt. It was not immediately clear if the assailants were arrested or escaped.

Moratinos said their nationality was not immediately known. He said they had gone in wearing masks and trying to commit a robbery.

He said they had injured a security guard.