ROK Military Says DMZ Explosion that Seriously Injured Two Soldiers Likely from a North Korean Landmine
Really who else could have infiltrated the DMZ and planted these mines? It was obviously North Korea which gets back to the point I made before, when were they planted? Were this old mines from years ago when relations were tense or recently emplaced mines? If they are newly emplaced then the question really becomes why now?:
North Korean land mines were highly likely the cause of a recent mine explosion inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), South Korea’s military has said, vowing to hold Pyongyang “fully” accountable and take corresponding measures if confirmed.
The military announced its preliminary findings from its joint investigation with the U.N. Command (UNC) on Monday, hours after revisiting the site of last Monday’s explosion inside the DMZ separating the two Koreas.
The blast left two South Korean soldiers severely injured and another with minor injuries.
A focal point of the probe has been determining whether the mines belonged to North Korea, amid mounting speculation that land mines illegally planted by North Korean troops across the border caused the blast.
Forensic analysis of fragments and residue recovered from the scene revealed traces of trinitrotoluene (TNT) and brown synthetic material — key features consistent with North Korean antipersonnel land mines that use plastic resin rather than traditional wooden casing — Lt. Gen. Kwon Dae-won, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a press briefing.
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