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| Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), hugs DPK Chairman Song Young-gil, whose head is wrapped in a bandage, at the party's headquarters in Seoul on March 8. Yonhap |
Ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Chairman Song Young-gil was discharged from a hospital Tuesday, a day after he was wounded in a hammer attack while he was campaigning for the party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung.
In Monday's attack, a YouTuber in his 70s struck Song in the head from behind with a hammer several times during a campaign stop in Seoul's Sinchon area. He was immediately taken to a hospital where he received stitches for the wounds to his head.
The assailant was immediately taken into police custody.
"I was struck in the head from behind with a hammer, but luckily it missed fatal parts," Song wrote on Facebook. "Since there is no brain hemorrhage, I will leave hospital and will join the final campaign rallies."
Song held a one-man "campaign rally" on Yeouido to start his campaigning for Lee. He is also scheduled to join the DP's final rally at Cheonggye Plaza in central Seoul on the eve of the presidential election. (Yonhap)
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