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06-08-2010, 11:56 AM
TINI TRAN (AP) - Associated Press Writer BEIJING A North Korean border guard shot and killed three Chinese citizens and wounded a fourth on the countries' border last week, China said Tuesday after lodging a formal diplomatic protest.
The guard shot the four residents of the northeastern border town of Dandong last Friday, apparently on suspicion they were crossing the border for illegal trade, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said.
"On the morning of June 4, some residents of Dandong, in Liaoning province, were shot by a DPRK border guard on suspicion of crossing the border for trade activities, leaving three dead and one injured," he said at a regularly scheduled news conference. He used the acronym for North Korea's formal name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
"China attaches great importance to that and has immediately raised a solemn representation with the DPRK. Now the case is under investigation," he said.
Dandong is a major shipping point and rail link for goods going into and out of North Korea from China.
Qin did not give any further information. There have been some reports in South Korean media on the incident, though North Korea has not acknowledged the shootings.
Source (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9G755E81&show_article=1)
Rogue soldiers, or NK flexing once again ?
The guard shot the four residents of the northeastern border town of Dandong last Friday, apparently on suspicion they were crossing the border for illegal trade, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said.
"On the morning of June 4, some residents of Dandong, in Liaoning province, were shot by a DPRK border guard on suspicion of crossing the border for trade activities, leaving three dead and one injured," he said at a regularly scheduled news conference. He used the acronym for North Korea's formal name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
"China attaches great importance to that and has immediately raised a solemn representation with the DPRK. Now the case is under investigation," he said.
Dandong is a major shipping point and rail link for goods going into and out of North Korea from China.
Qin did not give any further information. There have been some reports in South Korean media on the incident, though North Korea has not acknowledged the shootings.
Source (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9G755E81&show_article=1)
Rogue soldiers, or NK flexing once again ?