Six South Korean tourists were wounded Friday in the Pacific resort island of Saipan as an unidentified gunman sprayed bullets, officials here said.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said that the gunman, who is presumed to be a local resident, shot some 10 bullets to the group of tourists in Marpi at 11 a.m.

"One of them was heavily wounded but he is not in a critical condition, while the other five were slightly wounded," a foreign ministry official said.

The heavy wounded is identified as a 29-year-old Park, according to the ministry.

Meanwhile Sapipan Tribune reported in its Internet edition that a man shot and killed four individuals before turning the gun on himself in two separate shootings in Marpi and Kannat Tabla.

"In the Kannat Tabla shooting, the victims were two adults and two children. The shooter then proceeded to Last Command Post (in Marpi) and shot a group of tourists. He then went to Banzai Cliff where he shot himself," the local newspaper reported.

싸이판 총기 난사로 한국인 6명 부상

금요일 서태평양의 미국령 사이판섬에서 한국인 관광객 6명이 괴한의 총격을 받아 부상했다.

외교통상부 당국자는 20일 오전 11시쯤 사이판섬 관광지 마르피지역 만세절벽 부근에서 현지인으로 추정되는 신원미상의 괴한이 관광객들에게 10여발의 총기를 난사했다고 밝혔다.

이사고로 관광 중이던 박모(29)씨등 한국인 관광객 6명이 부상했다고 이 당국자는 밝혔다.