Xinhua
06 Mar 2025

(250306) -- POCHEON, March 6, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Security personnel cordon off a civilian area where a fighter jet dropped bombs by accident during live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, March 6, 2025.

Seven people were injured Thursday after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills, the South Korean air force said.

The KF-16 fighter jet abnormally dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a live-fire range in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, some 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)