Another ROK Army Shooting Rampage
Nomad is all over the story of another shooting of fellow soldiers by a ROK Army serviceman:
A South Korean soldier who deserted his Army unit after opening fire on colleagues was found on a mountain Thursday with a bullet wound in his head, a military official said.
The Army private, identified by his family name Lee, was immediately sent to a military hospital south of Seoul, but is in a coma, an Army official said.
¿There is little possibility of his surviving because the bullet seemed to have been shot through his head,¿ the official said.
Lee, 20, was returning from guard duty when he abruptly went on a shooting rampage around 1 a.m. Friday, killing one soldier and injuring another. The motive for Lee’s shooting isn’t known yet.
After the incident, Lee fled his unit in Gapyeong, a city just south of the demilitarized zone, with a K2 rifle and 13 rounds of ammunition.
About 12 hours after his desertion, Lee was found on a mountain near his unit with a bullet wound in his head, an official at the Army said.
This comes on the heels of a ROK Army soldier that was killed last week north of Paju not to mention last year’s shooting rampage in Yeoncheon near the DMZ. Is this a symptom of a bigger problem?
