The mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas last month that left 19 children and two teachers dead showcased the United States’ “miserable” human rights record, North Korea’s foreign ministry said Thursday.

In a statement posted on its website, the ministry attacked the U.S. for criticizing abuses in other countries after the deadliest school shooting in a decade, a tragedy that has once again galvanized debate about gun control in America.

“It is the miserable human rights situation of the U.S. where children lose their lives by gun-related crime at all hours when they are about to come