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1 injured 1 arrested in possible terrorist attack March 5, 2015 N Korea Praises Knife Attack on US Ambassador to South Korea At about 7:40 a.m. on March 5, 2015, US ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert was attacked by a knife-wielding militant man Kim Ki-jong at a restaurant in downtown Seoul, where Lippert was scheduled to give a speech. Doctors stated that it will take several months for Lippert to regain use of his fingers.Kim screamed that the rival Koreas should be unified and the anti-war activist told reporters that he had attacked Lippert to protest the annual United States-South Korean joint military exercises. Kim has a record of militant Korean nationalist activism; he attacked the Japanese ambassador to South Korea in 2010 and was sentenced to a three-year suspended prison term. Although no media even speculated on the possibility the attacker could have been directed by North Korea, and the state did not directly claim credit for the attack, they did call it a "Knife Attack of Justice".
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- Mark Lippert At about 7:40 a.m. Lippert was attacked by a knife-wielding man who was apparently not a North Korean agent at a restaurant attached to Sejong Center in downtown Seoul, where Lippert was scheduled to give a speech at a meeting of the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation.The assailant, Kim Ki-jong, is a member of Uri Madang, a progressive cultural organization opposed to the Korean War. Armed with a 10 inch long knife, he inflicted wounds on Lippert's left arm as well as a four-inch cut on the right side of the ambassador's face, requiring 80 stitches. Lippert underwent surgery at Yonsei University's Severance Hospital in Seoul. While his injuries were not life-threatening, doctors stated that it will take several months for Lippert to regain use of his fingers. During the attack and while being subdued by security, Kim screamed that the rival Koreas should be unified and told reporters that he had attacked Lippert to protest the annual United States-South Korean joint military exercises. Kim has a record of militant Korean nationalist activism; he attacked the Japanese ambassador to South Korea in 2010 and was sentenced to a three-year suspended prison term.(wikipedia)
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