North Korea calls “just punishment” attack on the US ambassador to South Korea – Moskovsky Komsomolets

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The North Korean authorities have called the attack on the US ambassador in Seoul “just punishment” for the US decision to continue with South Korea joint military exercises.

A man with a straight razor on Thursday attacked the US Ambassador Mark Lippert, when the diplomat was heading for a morning meeting in the center of the South Korean capital. According to the agency Yonhap, the attacker – a 55-year-old man surnamed Kim – was armed with a 25-centimeter knife for fruit. Ambassador with heavy bleeding was taken to hospital, where he imposed a 80 stitches. Now diplomat feels good.

It is reported that at the time of the attack, Kim shouted demands the termination of the annual joint US-South Korean military exercises. It is also known that the assailant at least six times visited the DPRK during the period from 2006 to 2007. He also leads a group of activists who oppose Japan’s territorial claims on Takeshima (Dokdo South Korean name) in the Sea of ​​Japan.

«fair punishment for American militarists” – so titled official North Korean agency KCNA a brief note about the incident, calling it a “demonstration of resistance».

The Agency expressing the official position of the authorities of the DPRK, said that the attack on the citizens of South Korea US ambassador reflects the widespread belief in the country, according to which “the United States fueled the war on the Korean Peninsula through joint military exercises. ”