SEOUL, March 7 (Bernama-Yonhap) -- The South Korean Defence Ministry said on Friday a total of 29 people, including 15 civilians, have been injured from an accidental fighter jet bombing of a northern village earlier this week, Yonhap News Agency reported.
On Thursday, two KF-16 fighter jets "abnormally" dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a training range in Pocheon, some 40 kilometres north of Seoul, leading to multiple injuries and damage to buildings.
As of Friday morning, 15 civilians and 14 service members had been injured from the bombing, including two civilians who were seriously injured, according to a ministry official.
Pilot error is suspected to have caused the accidental bombing as one of the pilots of the jets entered the wrong target coordinates prior to take-off, according to another Air Force official, citing an initial probe.
An investigation is underway into the exact cause of the accident.
-- BERNAMA-YONHAP
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