South Korean fighter jets accidentally drop bombs during training exercise, injuring multiple people

South Korean combatant jets accidentally dropped bombs connected a civilian country during a live-fire grooming workout with the U.S. connected Thursday, injuring aggregate radical and damaging aggregate buildings, including 3 houses and a Catholic church.

The MK-82 bombs "abnormally" released by the KF-16 combatant pitchy fell extracurricular a firing range, causing unspecified civilian damages, the aerial unit said successful a statement.

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A South Korea army's Apache Guardian chopper fires rockets during the associated subject drill betwixt South Korea and the United States astatine Seungjin Fire Training Field successful Pocheon, South Korea, Thursday, March 6, 2025.  (Yonhap via AP)

Reports of the fig of radical injured varied, but South Korea’s Yonhap quality agency enactment the fig astatine 15, including civilians and soldiers. Two of the injured were superior but not life-threatening, the outlet reported. At slightest 7 buildings were damaged.

South Korean Air Force F-15K combatant jets alert during the associated subject drill betwixt South Korea and the United States astatine Seungjin Fire Training Field successful Pocheon, South Korea, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Yonhap via AP)

The air force said the combatant jets were taking portion successful the aerial force's associated live-firing drills with the army. It apologized for the incidental and promised to found a committee to analyse the origin of the mishap and the grade of the damage. 

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South Korean Air Force F-35A combatant jets occurrence flare shells during the associated subject drill betwixt South Korea and the United States astatine Seungjin Fire Training Field successful Pocheon, South Korea, Thursday, March 6, 2025.  (Yonhap via AP)

South Korean media reported that the mishap happened successful Pocheon, a metropolis adjacent the heavy equipped borderline with North Korea. In a televised briefing, Pocheon Mayor Paek Young-hyun called the bombings "awful" and urged the subject to halt drills successful the metropolis until it formulates reliable steps that tin forestall a recurrence. He said that Pocheon, a metropolis of 140,000 people, provides 3 large firing ranges for the South Korean and U.S. militaries.

The subject aboriginal said it has decided to suspend each live-fire drills crossed South Korea. Observers accidental the subject volition resume firing exercises aft it learns the nonstop origin of Thursday's mishap and maps retired steps to forestall recurrences.

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Three houses, a Catholic religion and a greenhouse were partially damaged but they did not look to person been straight deed by the bombs, according to the Pocheon department.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.