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Russia says arrests "illegal" DPRK fishing ship, one killed in conflict

Xinhua, October 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Russian authorities have arrested an "illegal" fishing ship of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the Sea of Japan, with one person killed and eight others injured in the conflict, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Saturday.

A patrol boat of the Russian border guards stopped the DPRK fishing boat "Dae Yang 10" in Russia's exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan at 22:20 Moscow time (19:20 GMT) Friday, the FSB said in a statement.

Russian border guards got on the ship for inspection, and found some "illegally obtained aquatic resources onboard the ship," said the FSB. "The 48 nationals of the DPRK onboard the ship attempted to seize the arms of the Russian officers and to attack them."

In reponse, the Russian guards made some warning shots in "self-defense," followed by "destructive fire with small arms," during which nine of the DPRK citizens were injured, and one of them died later, the FSB said.

A member of the Russia patrol guards was wounded on the head, it added.

Pyongyang has yet to make any comments on the incident. Endit