The explosion of several bombs mistakenly dropped to the wrong place by a fighter plane, Thursday, March 6, during a military exercise, injured several civilians in South Korea. The incident occurred around 10 am (2 hours in Paris) in Pocheon, in the north of the country, about 25 kilometers from the line of demarcation with North Korea, with nuclear weapons.
“Eight MK-82 bombs were dumped abnormally by a KF-16 plane of the Air Force, exploding out of the planned perimeter”said, in a press release, the South Korean army, which said that the apparatus participated “To an exercise with real joint ammunition organized with the Air Force and the Army”. According to the South Korean news agency Yonhap, South Korea led Thursday “Exercises with the United States in Pocheon”.
The National Fire Agency has also reported that “The bombs (were) presumably fallen into a village during an exercise between the United States and South Korea ”. She clarified that four people had been seriously injured and three others, slightly, also reporting “Material damage”including a church and two houses.
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“We deeply regret the dropping of these bombs who have touched civilians, and wish the wounded a speedy recovery”Air Force said in its press release. She assured that she had set up a committee to investigate the incident and undertook to “Complete damage”.
The United States and South Korea have to give the “Freedom Shield” joint exercises at the end of the month, traditional annual military exercises that include maneuvers to contain the nuclear threat of North Korea. Washington is Seoul’s main ally in terms of security, and parks around 28,500 soldiers in South Korea to protect it from its neighbor in the North.
