- The 59-year-old politician had been touring the construction site of a new airport on Gadeok Island when he was stabbed in neck
- Video shared on social media shows Lee walking through a gaggle of reporters when an unidentified man lunges at him with a knife
South Korea‘s opposition party chief Lee Jae-myung was attacked during a visit to the southern port city of Busan on Tuesday.
The 59-year-old politician had been touring the construction site of a new airport on Gadeok Island when he was stabbed in neck during a question and answer session with reporters.
Video shared on social media shows Lee walking through a gaggle of reporters when an unidentified man lunges at him with a knife.
News photographs published showed Lee lying on the ground with his eyes closed and hands of other people around him pressing a handkerchief against the side of his neck.
Lee has been transported to a hospital, Yonhap news agency said. It added that the assailant was subdued and arrested at the scene.
Lee Jae-myung was pictured on the ground with a handkerchief covering the wound to his neck after the assault
The attack took place as the politician toured the construction site of a new airport in Busan on January 2 (pictured)
Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the main opposition Democratic Party in South Korea, speaks during a meeting of the party’s Supreme Council in December
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