North Korean soldier flees to South Korea, hit by six bullets is serious

A North Korean soldier fled the regime, crossed the Demilitarized Zone on the border between the two Koreas but was hit by six shots from North Korean forces. The US-led United Nations Command, which monitors the Panmunjom border area, where the escape occurred, explained that the North Korean military arrived near the border post manned by the army in a car "then he got out of the vehicle and continued to flee to the southern border as other North Korean soldiers shot at him. At least 40 shots were fired according to a South Korean general staff officer. A doctor who helped the soldier spoke of severe stomach injuries and at least six shots that reached the military. His organs are extremely damaged… we don't know how long it will hold up, ”said Dr. Lee Cook-Jong speaking to reporters and describing the condition as“ very serious ”. Unlike the rest of the border between North and South, the Panmunjom area, also a destination for tourist tours, is not fortified with mines and barbed wire, but only by a very low concrete wall, which allowed the soldier to cross the border and take cover behind a building where he was found injured.