ROK Soldier Who Murdered Five Comrades Sentenced to Death
|It will be interesting to see if this death sentence is actually ever carried out:
A South Korean soldier who shot dead five of his colleagues and injured seven others has been sentenced to death by a military court.
The sergeant opened fire in June 2014 at his post near the North Korean border and fled, sparking a manhunt.
He was captured two days later after he shot himself during a tense stand-off with troops.
It reignited debate on military culture in South Korea, where all males must do about two years military service.
The conscript’s attack had previously been attributed by a defence ministry spokesman to his “difficulties in adapting to military life”.
He had been placed on a list of conscripts requiring special attention.
In July last year, the military completed its investigation into the incident and said the attack, at a post near the border town of Goseong, was in revenge for bullying in the army and at school. [BBC via reader tip]
You can read more at the link, but no one on death row in South Korea has been executed since 1997.
I wonder if the sentence will be carried out. The last execution took place in December 1997.