Four live bullets were fired by mistake.
A South Korean soldier accidentally fired a machine gun near the border with the North. The South Korean agency reported on Sunday that the military was forced to immediately warn Pyongyang that it was an unintentional firing. yonhap,
accidentally fired four live cartridges said during an exercise on Saturday night on the border with the North in Gangwon province yonhapQuoting army officers.
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All these projectiles fell to the south and apparently did not fallThis is not a loss. South Korean unit has prompt reply informed Officers said the shots were unintentional and that their vigilance was heightened.
“The response did not reveal any specific indications and an investigation is underway to determine the exact circumstances of the incident”explained to yonhap A military official on condition of anonymity.