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Kang Jin-kyu

BIZARRE: S korean opposition leader could have been killed by knife attack party - What They Never Told You

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was attacked by a man pretending to be a supporter on Tuesday (Credit: AFP)

South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung narrowly escaped death when he was stabbed in the neck, a party lawmaker said Wednesday, as police were granted a warrant to search his assailant's property.

Lee was surrounded by journalists in southern Busan city on Tuesday when a man pretending to be a supporter pushed through a crowd and lunged at him, stabbing him on the left side of his neck with a knife.

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