South Korean fighter jets accidentally bombed homes during a live-fire drill with US forces, injuring more than two dozen people on Thursday, Seoul’s military said.
Two South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area during training, injuring at least eight people, officials said.
S EOUL, South Korea — A South Korean fighter jet accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area during training Thursday, reportedly injuring seven people. The MK-82 bombs “abnormally” released by the KF-16 fighter jet fell outside a firing range, causing unspecified civilian damages, the air force said in a statement.
The South Korean air force says the MK-82 bombs released by the KF-16 fighter jets fell outside a firing range.
Multiple people have been injured, two seriously, after South Korea fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs over a village in Pocheon, according to local media reports.
At least 15 people were injured after South Korean fighter jets involved in a live-fire drill dropped bombs on Pocheon, Seoul's military said.
Seven people were reportedly injured after an artillery shell fell on a private residence in Pocheon, Gyeonggi, at 10:05 a.m. on Thursday, including two pedestrians and two occupants of a civilian truck,
The number of houses damaged in last week's accidental bombing of a northern village has grown from 58 to 142 following a second survey, the local government said Sunday. The village in Pocheon, some 40 kilometers north of Seoul,
The accident in Pocheon, about 20 miles south of the border with North Korea, injured civilians and soldiers and damaged homes.
A South Korean fighter jet accidentally dropped bombs on a civilian area during a training exercise Thursday, injuring more than a dozen people, according to local news reports.
A northern village accidentally bombed by South Korean fighter jets will be designated a special disaster area. Acting President and Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok instructed officials on Saturday to "swiftly declare the Pocheon area,
South Korean fighter jets mistakenly dropped eight bombs on a civilian district on Thursday, injuring 15 people and damaging houses and a church during military exercises in Pocheon, the Air Force and fire agency said.