Off the wire
• Mob violene erupts after Guyana's general elections  • Myanmar parliament approves borrowing loan from World Bank  • Urgent: 1 killed, 5 wounded in gun-related incident at S. Korean military training center  • 1st LD: 1 killed, 5 wounded in gun-related incident at S. Korean military training center  • Urgent: Passenger train derails near Philadelphia, several injured  • Myanmar gov't troops seize three more Kokang hill posts  • A boost for small business at expense of foreigners in Australia's 2015-16 budget  • 5 killed after small plane shot down in N. Mexico  • China Hushen 300 index futures open higher Wednesday  • China treasury bond futures open higher Wednesday  
You are here: 　 Home

2nd LD: 2 killed, 3 injured in gun-related incident at S. Korean military training center

Xinhua, May 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least two people were killed and three others wounded in a gun-related incident which happened in a South Korean reserve forces training center, Yonhap News Agency and YTN reported Wednesday citing the Army.

The Army was quoted as saying that a reservist shot blindly at other reserve forces at about 10:44 a.m. local time (0144 GMT) in the military training center for reservists in the capital of Seoul.

The shooter killed himself after the random gun-firing. One died after being taken to a nearby hospital, and three others were wounded. Among the three, one is sustaining a serious injury, raising fears over further death.

The exact cause of the incident hasn't been known yet. The Army said it is investigating into the incident. Endi