ROK Army Patrol Assaulted
Checkpoint set up to look for the criminals
A ROK Army patrol in Donghae was assaulted by a group of unknown thugs. The only people that can be ruled out now for committing the assault are 2nd Infantry Division soldiers since the attackers spoke with South Korean accents and did not involve a taxi cab:
A group of men in their 20s ambushed a patrol near a coastal guard post on the East Sea coast in Gangwon Province on Wednesday night, taking one K1 and two K2 assault rifles and 30 rounds of live ammunition.
The guard post commander, a first lieutenant identified by his family name of Gwon, and his signalman, a corporal identified as Lee, were overpowered at 10:10 p.m. by men in a black Hyundai Grandeur who stripped them of guns, two magazines of 15 rounds each, a P-96K walkie-talkie and a mobile phone.The Army provisionally concluded the assailants are not North Korean spies since they spoke South Korean accents, and the ambush did not suggest professional training. The assailants fled without killing the soldiers and there was no damage to fences near the guard post, it said.
The police and Army suspect the assailants were common bandits who intended to use the guns in robberies or similar crimes. Investigators are trying to trace the vehicle.
How come their is nothing in here about Korean criminals “running amuk” in Donghae? I guess the Korean media can only use that phrase if after the assault and theft the criminals jumped on top of a taxi before fleeing the scene.
GI said, "The only people that can be ruled out now for committing the assault are 2nd Infantry Division soldiers since the attackers spoke with South Korean accents and did not involve a taxi cab."
Dude, that is funny stuff right there!! If you're ever in Seoul we'll have to hook up for a beer.
They could have been KATUSAs assigned to 2ID, and since it was night, there may not have been a taxi readily available.
I crack myself up sometimes.
There is no way it was a 2ID soldier. It is in our warrior standards that all criminal activity must involve dancing on top of a taxi cab. This is our trademark.
we will see a bank robbery with those guns in the near future….and the culprits will not be caught…the likelihood someone will die is high…mark my words.:)