According to Yonhap News Agency on January 2, Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, was attacked while attending an event in Busan on the 2nd.
On January 2, in Busan, South Korea, Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, was attacked and sent to the hospital for treatment after emergency treatment at the scene. Xinhua News Agency.
According to reports, at about 10:27 a.m. local time on the 2nd, Lee Jae-myung was interviewed by ** reporters after inspecting the new airport site of Gadeokdo Island in Busan, when he was suddenly attacked by an unidentified man, causing him to suffer neck injuries and bleed to the ground. Lee Jae-myung is now conscious, but the injured area is still bleeding. More than 20 minutes after the incident, Lee Jae-myung was taken to the hospital by an ambulance that arrived.
According to the report, the man who attacked Lee Jae-myung was captured at the scene. It is reported that this person pretended to be a supporter of Lee Jae-myung, and took out a murder weapon twenty or thirty centimeters long when asking Lee Jae-myung to sign it.
On January 2, in Busan, South Korea, Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, was attacked and fell to the ground. Xinhua News Agency.
Yoon Suk-yeol instructed ** and other relevant departments to quickly conduct an investigation to find out the truth, and do their best to provide assistance for the transfer and rescue of Lee Jae-myung. Yoon stressed that South Korean society must not tolerate such acts of violence, no matter what the circumstances.