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2 Dead, 3 Wounded in Shooting Spree at Seoul Military Camp


Four people who sustained injuries were rushed to nearby hospitals, but one later died and another one is in critical condition. (image: Yonhap)

Four people who sustained injuries were rushed to nearby hospitals, but one later died and another one is in critical condition. (image: Yonhap)

SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire)An unidentified reservist went on a shooting spree at a military training camp in Seoul on Wednesday, killing one and wounding three, before committing suicide, the Army said.

The reservist “opened fire on his colleagues while receiving training at a military camp in Naegok-dong, southern Seoul, at 10:44 a.m. today,” the Army said in a brief release.

Four people who sustained injuries were rushed to nearby hospitals, but one later died and another one is in critical condition, the Army spokesman Ko Dong-heun said, adding the shooter died in an apparent suicide.

“The shooter fired a K-2 rifle,” Ko said. “Investigators are looking into what caused him to go on the rampage.”

(Yonhap)

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