Stab wound in the neck of Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main opposition party South KoreaIt won’t cause you to worry about your lifeSources from his own formation, the liberal Democratic Party (PD), said this, Yonha agency quoted him as saying. However, the cited sources stated that there are concerns about the possibility that 59-year-old Lee may suffer new bleeding.
Lee was attacked at 10:27 local time (1:27 GMT). An event with the participation of journalists On land that will be home to the new Busan airport (about 350 kilometers southeast of Seoul), a man wearing a crown reading “I am Lee Jae-myung” He attacked the leader of the main opposition bloc The Korean woman stabbed him in the left side of his neck. Man stabbed him with an unidentified object He said it would be between 20 and 30 centimeters in length and would cause a cut wound of about one centimeter.
Lee collapsed instantly, and members of his party were responsible for covering the wound while the ambulance arrived and took him to Pusan National University Hospital.
The perpetrator of the attack was a man between the ages of 60 and 70. arrested at the scene but has yet to explain the motivation behind his actions, according to Gangseo District Police in Busan.
After receiving emergency care in Busan, Lee He was taken to the capital by helicopter He will undergo surgery at Seoul National University Hospital due to serious damage to his jugular vein.
Lee’s health condition is revealed A new mystery for the PD in the face of parliamentary elections next April. Doubts have emerged in recent weeks about whether Lee will contest elections as opposition leader in the face of domestic pressure demanding his resignation amid ongoing investigations into his alleged involvement in corruption schemes while he was mayor of Seongnam. He is the governor of Gyeonggi, on the outskirts of Seoul and the country’s most populous province.