Aid group reports 110 North Koreans killed in explosion
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
A South Korean aid agency reports that 110 North Korean villagers died in an explosion while trying to scavenge fuel from a cracked pipeline 10 days ago.
The incident occurred in North Pyongan Province on June 9 when one of the villagers lit a match near a cracked segment of the pipeline, setting off fuel vapours.
"Informed sources told us that about 110 people were killed in the blast," Noh Oh-jae, an official for the group Good Friends, said.
The National Intelligence Service in South Korea says it cannot confirm the reports.
Sources
- Kwang-Tae Kim, AP "Aid group: 110 die in N.Korea blast". Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 19, 2007
- KN Staff Reporter "110 people killed in North Korean pipe blast". Keralanext.com, June 19, 2007
- Agencies "N Korea blast 'kills dozens'". Al Jazeera, June 19, 2007
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