At the border of North and South Korea there was a shooting, fire was opened by the North Korean military. This was reported by the South Korean news agency Ronhap with reference to the Joint Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the Republic of Korea.
according to the report, the incident occurred in 07:41 LOCAL. Mt.. (0:41 Moscow). The fire was opened from the North Korean side, several shots were fired in the direction of a South Korean border guard post. According to instructions, South Korean military fired a couple of shots in the air in response, after which they tried to contact the North Korean side to establish the causes of the incident and to avoid further incidents, however, we did not receive a response. The cause of the shooting has not been established.
Several shots were fired in the direction of an observation post in the area of the central part of the demarcation line
– It said in a statement.
According to unconfirmed reports, several bullets hit the border post, without hurting anyone, other – there were no hits, no injured. celebrated, that South Korean border guards are on alert along the entire demarcation line.
Recall, that a demarcation line has been drawn between the DPRK and South Korea, crossing the entire peninsula in the area of the 38th parallel. The length of the demilitarized zone is 241 kilometer, and the width – 4 km (average).
