Bullied S Korean soldier runs amok, kills 8 comrades
Reuters, Seoul
A South Korean soldier who suffered bullying took his revenge on Sunday, hurling a handgrenade among sleeping comrades and then opening fire on them, killing eight, the Defence Ministry said. The private, identified by his surname "Kim," fired 40 shots from his rifle after throwing the grenade at his guard post in Yonchon, about 60km north of the capital Seoul, a ministry spokesman said. It was the highest number of deaths suffered by the South Korean army since 2000, Yonhap news agency said. "Private Kim, who had suffered verbal violence and molesting from his senior, threw the grenade when he entered his barracks after overnight duty," Chang Suk-kyu, a chief spokesman for the ministry, told a briefing.
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