South Korea opposition leader stabbed in neck

South Korea opposition leader stabbed in neck

This video shows the moment South Korea’s opposition leader was stabbed in the neck police say the attacker approached EJ Mong for an autograph wearing something that looked like a paper crown with E’s name on it before lunging at him with a knife e who heads the Democratic party

Lost the 2022 presidential election to conservative Young by a narrow margin and he’s widely expected to run again in April is now under investigation for several criminal charges but he denies all of them and went on hunger strike for almost 3 weeks accusing president Yung of using the criminal justice

System to intimidate his opponents the 67-year-old attacker who’s refusing to identify himself told the police that he intended to kill e according to local news but he won’t tell police why he attacked the leader of the opposition E’s party are calling the stabbing a terrorist attack doctors say the wound is not life-threatening

South Korea’s opposition leader stabbed in the neck and rushed to hospital for treatment, months ahead of a national parliamentary election.
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