Broken window at SK embassy
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December 15, 2011, Thursday
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CHINA is increasing security around South Korea's embassy in Beijing and consulates around the country after a window was broken amid tensions over allegations in South Korea that a Chinese fisherman fatally stabbed a coast guard officer.
South Korea's news agency Yonhap said the embassy was hit by a metal ball believed fired from an air gun on Tuesday afternoon. No one was hurt.
An embassy press officer surnamed Zheng said it was unclear what caused the hole in the window.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said yesterday that authorities "take this incident seriously and are sparing no effort in investigating it," but initial inspections showed the embassy was not damaged by a gunshot.
An investigation showed there was a crack in a window of the embassy, but it was not caused by a gun, he said.
China is increasing the number of police officers and enhancing security patrols around the embassy, Liu said.
South Korea's Foreign Ministry said yesterday it formally asked China to beef up security around the Beijing embassy to prevent further incidents. Tensions have risen since South Korean officials said on Monday that the captain of a boat suspected of illegal fishing in South Korean waters killed one coast guard officer and wounded another.
On Tuesday, a few hundred protesters demonstrated outside the Chinese embassy in Seoul. About 30 people attempted to enter the mission but were stopped by police, and a man crashed a car into a police bus at the embassy.
"The Chinese side has requested that South Korea take concrete measures to ensure safety and a normal working environment at China's embassy and consulates in South Korea," said Liu.
South Korea's news agency Yonhap said the embassy was hit by a metal ball believed fired from an air gun on Tuesday afternoon. No one was hurt.
An embassy press officer surnamed Zheng said it was unclear what caused the hole in the window.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said yesterday that authorities "take this incident seriously and are sparing no effort in investigating it," but initial inspections showed the embassy was not damaged by a gunshot.
An investigation showed there was a crack in a window of the embassy, but it was not caused by a gun, he said.
China is increasing the number of police officers and enhancing security patrols around the embassy, Liu said.
South Korea's Foreign Ministry said yesterday it formally asked China to beef up security around the Beijing embassy to prevent further incidents. Tensions have risen since South Korean officials said on Monday that the captain of a boat suspected of illegal fishing in South Korean waters killed one coast guard officer and wounded another.
On Tuesday, a few hundred protesters demonstrated outside the Chinese embassy in Seoul. About 30 people attempted to enter the mission but were stopped by police, and a man crashed a car into a police bus at the embassy.
"The Chinese side has requested that South Korea take concrete measures to ensure safety and a normal working environment at China's embassy and consulates in South Korea," said Liu.
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