US Ambassador to Seoul was wounded by the DPRK supporter

In Seoul, the US Ambassador was wounded in South Korea Mark Lippert. It is reported by Yonhap. The attack occurred on Thursday at about 7:40 in the morning during a business breakfast with the participation of a diplomat.

The attacker went to the 42-year-old Lippert from behind, pushed him and began to insult him, and then tried to cut it with a 25-centimeter knife for cleaning vegetables.

The ambassador was injured in the right cheek and left wrist. He also had several more cuts on his hand, including on his fingers. Lippert was hospitalized and operated on; There is no threat to his life.

The attacker was detained at the crime scene. It turned out to be 55-year-old Kim Guy Jeon. According to South Korean intelligence, in 2006-2007 he visited the DPRK six times, and in 2011, after the death of the head of North Korea, Kim Jong Ira, tried to establish a memorial altar in the center of Seoul.

In 2010, Kim attacked the Japanese ambassador Tosinori Sigay. He threw pieces of concrete in a diplomat. This was the first attack in the history of South Korea. Then Kim was sentenced to conditional time.