Firebombs Thrown at U.S. Military Base
South Koreans, apparently angry at the U.S. military over the deaths of two teenage girls, lobbed firebombs at an American base. Several unidentified men threw at least nine firebombs over the wall of Camp Red Cloud at Uijongbu, north of Seoul, said South Korean police. No damage was reported.
South Korea’s government told the U.S. Embassy that it regretted the incident. Police suspect that the attackers were protesting the June deaths of two South Koreans struck by a U.S. military vehicle.
Police also detained a dozen students after they rallied at the embassy in Seoul demanding an official apology for the girls’ deaths.
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