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| | S.Korean soldier kills 8 colleagues in shooting spree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | SEOUL, June 19 (Xinhuanet) -- A South Korean soldier went on a shooting spree at a front-line Army unit early Sunday morning, killing eight of his colleagues and seriously injuring two others,announced the South Korean Defense Ministry. |
 | | The incident took place at Yeoncheon county located near the inter-Korean land border, some 70 kilometers north to Seoul, said Chang Suk-kyu, head of the Public Affairs Office of the South Korean Army at a press conference. |
 | | The 22-year-old soldier, with a rank of private first class, identified only by his surname Kim, threw a grenade and fired roughly 40 bullets from a rifle in barracks at around 2:30 a.m. |
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