(6 Mar 2025)
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Pocheon, South Korea – 6 March 2025
1. Emergency services at village in Pocheon where a South Korean fighter jet accidentally dropped eight bombs during a joint military drill with U.S. military
2. Wide of Pocheon Mayor Baek Yong-hyun before speaking to journalists
3. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Baek Young-hyun, Pocheon Mayor:
"An unacceptable event took place today in the city of Pocheon. During a joint firing drill between the South Korean and U.S militaries, there was a horrific accident, in which bombs were dropped on a civilian establishment, injuring innocent civilians and damaging a number of houses and cars. I extend my deepest sympathies to those affected by today’s accident and the city of Pocheon, along with the government will swiftly begin the process of resolving the incident."
4. Various of damage and emergency services
5. Wide of street in village
6. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Oh Seong-gil, 72, witness:
"There were villagers lying around and there was a fire. There was a person who fell into a ditch while driving. The car was struck. The bomb dropped right in front of the car."
7. Villager showing damaged house
8. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Park Seong-sook, 70, witness:
"I have never heard such a sound in my whole life. It was so loud. I was so scared and my heart was shaking uncontrollably."
9. Emergency services
STORYLINE:
A South Korean fighter jet accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area in Pocheon during training on Thursday, injuring eight people, officials said.
The MK-82 bombs “abnormally” released by the KF-16 fighter jet fell outside a firing range, causing civilian damages, the air force said in a statement.
At a news conference, Pocheon Mayor Baek Young-hyun extended his "deepest sympathies to those affected by" the "accident and the city of Pocheon, along with the government will swiftly begin the process of resolving the incident."
The air force said it will establish a committee to investigate why the accident happened and examine the scale of civilian damages. It said the fighter jet was taking part in the air force’s joint live-firing drills with the army.
The air force apologized for the incident and expressed hopes for a speedy recovery of the injured people. It said it will actively offer compensation and take other necessary steps.
The accident happened in Pocheon, a city close to the heavily armed border with North Korea. Pocheon’s disaster response center said that six civilians and two soldiers were injured and they were receiving treatments at hospitals.
Center officials said the conditions of four of the injured were serious and that they are all civilians. They said two of the seriously injured are foreigners — one Thai and one Myanmar.
Three houses were partially damaged, a Catholic church and a greenhouse but they did not appear to have been directly hit by the bombs, according to the Pocheon center.
AP Video by Yong-ho Kim
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