Man attacks, injures South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung
South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified attacker Tuesday during a visit to the southeastern city of Busan, officials said.
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s opposition leader was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified attacker Tuesday during a visit to the southeastern city of Busan, officials said.
A police official in the city said the injury to Lee Jae-myung, chairman of South Korea’s Democratic Party, was not life-threatening. Lee was conscious and experienced little blood loss, the official told NBC News.
Lee was airlifted to the Seoul National University Hospital in the country's capital. He was recovering in the intensive care unit in the hospital after a two-hour surgery, the Associated Press reported, citing Lee's party.
A male suspect in his 60s from south Choongchung province was in custody, Sohn Jae-han, the head detective from the Busan Regional Police, said in a news briefing Tuesday.
The police would investigate the suspect with “attempted murder charges” as he confessed he “tried to kill” Lee with the 7-inch-long knife he carried, he said.
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