According to reports from the Nova agency, the North Korean Army violated the 1953 armistice, which ended the Korean War, in an attempt to prevent the desertion of a soldier last week. This is what emerges from the investigations carried out by the South Korean authorities starting from 13 November last. According to sources cited by the South Korean agency "Yonhap", North Korean soldiers briefly crossed into the Korean Demilitarized Zone and fired gunshots over the border with South Korea in an attempt to stop the deserter, who was seriously wounded rescue from the Seoul military.
In recent days, the United Nations Command in South Korea, led by the United States, has revised the initial decision to publish CCTV footage at the scene of the accident, probably to avoid a further increase in tensions with Korea. of the North. According to rumors published by the newspaper "Chosun Ilbo", video clips lasting a total of 26 seconds frame the North Korean defector as he runs towards the militarized border, being chased by fellow soldiers, one of whom briefly crossed the border in an attempt to prevent desertion. According to information provided by the South Korean Defense, the North Korean military would have fired at least 40 shots against the fugitive, hitting him at least five times and causing serious injury to internal organs.
The North Korean soldier who deserted yesterday remains hospitalized in critical condition. The deserter was subjected to two surgeries, which in addition to the bullets removed various parasites from the digestive system of man, an apparent testimony of the severe hygiene and food conditions in which the North Korean population finds itself. According to the latest information provided by the United Nations Command in South Korea, which took charge of the medical treatment given to the deserter, the North Korean soldier reached the village of Panmunjom by car, along the militarized border between the Koreas: The man he would have gone to the area by car, and would then have abandoned the car and continued on foot. Spotted by his fellow soldiers before crossing the border, he was wounded, but still managed to cross the border, where he was rescued by the South Korean military. At the moment, the soldier would be hospitalized unconscious at Ajou University Hospital in Suwon. North Korea has not yet officially commented on the incident, which is the first case of desertion along the Demilitarized Zone in the past decade.