SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s opposition Democratic Celebration chief Lee Jae-myung was stabbed within the neck throughout a go to to the southern port metropolis of Busan on Tuesday, the Yonhap information company reported.
Lee was attacked by an unidentified man whereas touring the location of a proposed airport, Yonhap mentioned.
The assailant gave the impression to be a person in his 50s or 60s. He approached Lee asking for an autograph, then instantly lunged ahead and assault him, information reviews mentioned. The assailant was shortly subdued and arrested on the scene, Yonhap mentioned.
Video clips on YTN tv and one other posted on X confirmed the assault, with a person lunging at Lee along with his arm stretched out. Lee grimaced and collapsed to the bottom.
Information images confirmed Lee mendacity on the bottom along with his eyes closed and different folks urgent a handkerchief towards the aspect of his neck.
Lee has been transported to a hospital, Yonhap mentioned.
Though there are strict restrictions on gun possession, South Korea has a historical past of political violence involving different sorts of weapons.
Then conservative opposition social gathering chief Park Geun-hye, who later served as president, was attacked at an occasion in 2006 with a knife and suffered a gash on her confronted that required surgical procedure.
(Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Writing by Jack Kim: Modifying by Sonali Paul and Neil Fullick)