South Korea’s Opposition Head Was Stabbed to Stop Him Beginning to be President, Police Say

SEOUL—The aged one who stabbed South Korea’s opposition chief final 7 days did so in search of to cease the progressive politician from profitable the nation’s up coming presidential election in three yrs, police claimed.

Lee Jae-myung, head of South Korea’s Democratic Social gathering, survived the Jan. 2 assault within the southern port metropolis of Busan. He anticipated emergency surgical procedure for a laceration to a key vein of his neck. The alleged attacker, born in 1957 and surnamed Kim, skilled provided himself as a Lee supporter to draw shut to the politician in a gaggle of journalists and event officers, legislation enforcement said.