On Tuesday, Lee Jae-myung, the opposition leader of South Korea, suffered a neck stabbing during his visit to the southern port city of Busan.
As the head of the main opposition Democratic Party, Lee remains conscious and has been airlifted to Pusan National University Hospital, as reported by a party official and a fire department official to Reuters.
The assault occurred at the proposed airport site during Lee’s tour, with Yonhap noting that the assailant, an unidentified man, inflicted a 1 cm gash on Lee’s neck.
According to YTN television, the suspected attacker, a man in his 50s or 60s, was wearing a paper crown bearing Lee’s name, Fox News reported.
News photographs captured the moment when he approached Lee, seemingly seeking an autograph among a crowd of supporters, before abruptly lunging forward to carry out the attack.
Video footage of the incident shows the swift intervention of security forces, resulting in the assailant’s prompt subdual and arrest at the scene.
Written by B.C. Begley
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