SKOREA-POLITICS
South Korea’s opposition leader Lee Jae-myung has been stabbed in the neck by an unidentified assailant during a visit to the southern port city of Busan on Tuesday.
Mr Lee was attacked as he visited the construction site of a new airport in the city, said an emergencies agency official.
The assailant, described as a man in his 50s or 60s, initially approached Lee for an autograph, before lunging and attacking him. The man was quickly subdued and taken into custody.
Pictures taken by journalists at the scene show Mr Lee collapsing to the ground with his eyes closed as others press a handkerchief against the side of his neck.
Mr Lee, who leads the main opposition Democratic Party, has been transferred to hospital.
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