Seoul, Mar 6 (UNI) Seven people were injured after shells landed on a civilian area of South Korea Thursday, according to the local broadcaster YTN.
Two shells fell on two civilian houses in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, around 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).
Four people were seriously wounded and three others suffered minor injuries.
According to Yonhap news agency, South Korea and the United States held a combined live-fire exercise in Pocheon, mobilizing more than 160 pieces of military hardware, such as tanks, self-propelled howitzers, helicopters and stealth jets.
