4 injured after anti-aircraft shell explosion at Army training center

Four people were injured Tuesday after an anti-aircraft shell exploded at an Army training center in Paju, near the inter-Korean border, military officials said. The explosion occurred in the morning while troops were removing a 30-millimeter artillery round that had become lodged in an ammunition loader during an air defense firing drill, according to the Army. Three non-commissioned officers and one civilian employee were airlifted to a military hospital in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, following the incident. They sustained non-life-threatening injuries, such as wounds to their shoulders, according to officials. An Army official said military authorities were looking into the exact cause of the explosion.Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times