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(een deel van de tekst op CNN
N. Korea accuses South of surprise navy attack June 30, 2002 Posted: 5:35 AM EDT (0935 GMT) SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea says that South Korea staged a deadly surprise attack on its navy on Saturday to provoke a response and to undermine relations during the World Cup finals. The official North Korean news agency, KCNA, quoted a navy spokesman as saying the South's apology demand for the Yellow Sea attack, that left at least four sailors dead, was, "the height of impudence.'' "The serious military provocation made by the South Korean military authorities is aimed to orchestrate a shocking incident at a time when the World Cup is going and shift the blame for it on to the DPRK [North Korea]," the spokesman said. Both Seoul and Pyongyang have blamed each other for starting Saturday's clash that left at least four South Korean sailors dead, one missing, and at least 19 injured. North Korea has not released any casualty figures, though South Korean officials estimate that up to 30 were killed or injured. (Sailor's account of clash) South Korea's defense ministry says that North Korean warships accompanying an undisclosed number of fishing vessels crossed the disputed sea border in the Yellow Sea between the two countries on Saturday before firing at the South's navy ships, triggering a 21-minute gun battle. The sporadic gunfight caused one South Korean vessel to catch fire and sink while it was being towed, defense ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Lee Sang-Hee said. A North Korean ship also caught fire and is believed to have been destroyed. North Korea says its forces acted in self-defense. |
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