One man was killed and another injured Saturday night after a mine explosion in a restricted area near the border with North Korea, police said Sunday.
According to police and military officials, the wooden-boxed land mine was believed to have drifted south after recent heavy rainfall in the North.
Military investigators found an additional 17 mines Sunday morning near the accident area.
“It is unlikely that the North had floated the mines deliberately,” said an official from the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
“It appears that the mines buried or stored had washed away due to the flooding in North Korea.”
It was the first time that the boxed mines have been found in the South, the official added.
According to police and military officials, the wooden-boxed land mine was believed to have drifted south after recent heavy rainfall in the North.
Military investigators found an additional 17 mines Sunday morning near the accident area.
“It is unlikely that the North had floated the mines deliberately,” said an official from the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
“It appears that the mines buried or stored had washed away due to the flooding in North Korea.”
It was the first time that the boxed mines have been found in the South, the official added.
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