South Korean soldiers fired blindly colleagues up to 5 people were killed, and seven other soldiers were wounded. The soldier then fled and is being hunted.
South Korean soldiers were identified as Sergeant Lim (23) it threw grenades and opened fire indiscriminately on Saturday (21/6) night in the border town Goseong, Gangwon Province. Lim who carry weapons and ammunition then fled to his station, near the border with North Korea, such as reported by Reuters on Sunday (22/06/2014).
South Korean Lim pemerinta hunt now for fear of a similar incident could happen again. "The search is done to prevent similar incidents in other places," as presented by the defense ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok on Sunday (22/06/2014), as quoted by the BBC.
South Korean soldiers now, according to South Korea's YTN television station, get an order to shoot to death, except Lim surrendered. Still occur in the shootout near the school, about 10 miles from a military base in Goseong.
Parents Lim was brought to the location of the hunt. According to South Korean news agency, Yonhap, Lim's mother asked her son to surrender.
Motive unknown Lim throwing grenades. However, according to military officials, Lim in the list of those who need special attention, due to difficulties in adapting to military life. According to military officials, as reported by Yonhap, Lim will be fired within three months.
Similar events have occurred in the South Korean military, which implement conscription. Bullying and mental problems be the cause of the attacks mentioned earlier. In 2011, a Marine shooting and his colleagues attempted to detonate himself with a grenade. Four soldiers were killed in the incident.
Tens of thousands of soldiers from North and South Korea on duty at common border, which is a fortress 'toughest' in the whole world.
Korean territory is split in two by the end of the 1950-53 Korean war happened, which ended with a truce, not a peace treaty so far they are technically still at war.
South Korean Lim pemerinta hunt now for fear of a similar incident could happen again. "The search is done to prevent similar incidents in other places," as presented by the defense ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok on Sunday (22/06/2014), as quoted by the BBC.
South Korean soldiers now, according to South Korea's YTN television station, get an order to shoot to death, except Lim surrendered. Still occur in the shootout near the school, about 10 miles from a military base in Goseong.
Parents Lim was brought to the location of the hunt. According to South Korean news agency, Yonhap, Lim's mother asked her son to surrender.
Motive unknown Lim throwing grenades. However, according to military officials, Lim in the list of those who need special attention, due to difficulties in adapting to military life. According to military officials, as reported by Yonhap, Lim will be fired within three months.
Similar events have occurred in the South Korean military, which implement conscription. Bullying and mental problems be the cause of the attacks mentioned earlier. In 2011, a Marine shooting and his colleagues attempted to detonate himself with a grenade. Four soldiers were killed in the incident.
Tens of thousands of soldiers from North and South Korea on duty at common border, which is a fortress 'toughest' in the whole world.
Korean territory is split in two by the end of the 1950-53 Korean war happened, which ended with a truce, not a peace treaty so far they are technically still at war.