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| Attacker of Mark Lippert, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, Said to Be 'a Fringe Element' |
| 2015-03-05 |
| [NYTIMES] The man who attacked the American ambassador to South Korea on Thursday morning is a fringe political activist with a history of violence, and he acted alone when he rushed the diplomat and slashed his face with a knife, the South Korean police said. The man, Kim Ki-jong, who the police said used a 10-inch knife to attack Ambassador Mark W. Lippert at a breakfast meeting, had received a suspended two-year prison term for an attack on the Japanese ambassador to South Korea in 2010 and was known to sometimes stage nationalistic, one-man protests. Mr. Kim said he assaulted Mr. Lippert to protest continuing joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea, which some South Koreans fear make reconciliation with North Korea harder. “The man who attacked the ambassador is very much a fringe element, with a personal history of political violence, who represents no broader sentiment or trend among the Korean public,” said John Delury, an American professor at Yonsei University in Seoul. “It would be a mistake to interpret the spasm of violence by this single individual as indicative of some larger anti-American feeling in South Korea.” The ROK prison system is very harsh. Think medieval if you will. I doubt he will last long. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 The ROK prison system is very harsh. Think medieval if you will. I doubt he will last long. 'Medieval' would be a step up. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2015-03-05 21:35 |
| #4 A fringe element attacks one of the radical left's fringe elements--one of O's minions. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-03-05 16:36 |
| #3 had received a suspended two-year prison term for an attack on the Japanese ambassador to South Korea in 2010 and was known to sometimes stage nationalistic, one-man protests soooo compassion didn't stop the recidivism/escalation. Why not take it to the max and just kill him now. Make him take a run across the DMZ minefield |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-03-05 16:06 |
| #2 'a Fringe Element' Tea Party? I thought that was a reserved phrase in the NYT style book. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-03-05 15:20 |
| #1 Sounds like a nut, and like most nuts he was drawn to Marxist anti-imperialist nonsense. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-03-05 14:57 |