N. Korean kills 2 and defects
- Published: 6 Oct 2012 at 12.49
- Online news: Asia
A North Korean soldier defected to the South on Saturday through the heavily militarised border, saying he shot dead two superior officers in the process, the South Korean military said.
It is only the fourth such defection reported in the last 10 years, with none of the previous incidents involving fatal shootings, and could raise already heightened tensions ahead of the South's presidential election in December.
"Six gunshots were heard and our guards spotted a North Korean soldier crossing the military demarcation line," a spokesman for Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters.
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