1 Army corporal in JSA security battalion suffers gunshot wound during training
A soldier wearing an armband is seen in this undated photo. Yonhap
An Army corporal affiliated with the Joint Security Area security battalion, which guards the south side of the truce village of Panmunjom, suffered a gunshot wound during pistol training Thursday, the Army said.
The soldier sustained the injury on his right shin as a bullet was fired while he was placing the pistol into the holster during the training conducted earlier in the day, according to the Army.
The accident occurred at the battalion's firing range in the border town of Paju, located outside of the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas.
The soldier was transferred to a military hospital for the non life-threatening injury, the armed service said, adding authorities are determining the exact cause of the accident.