SOUTH KOREA : 21st Infiltrator From North Killed
Federal troops killed another North Korean infiltrator, bringing to 21 the number of Pyongyang agents who have been shot to death since they came ashore from a submarine last week, the Defense Ministry said. “He was killed during a gunfight with South Korean troops,” a Defense Ministry spokesman said. Later, a ministry official said the dead infiltrator was wearing a South Korean military uniform. The infiltrator was one of five still thought to be on the run after the submarine foundered on an east coast reef Aug. 18.
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