South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung. recovering in intensive careafter you’ve been stabbed in the neck on Tuesday, sources from the Democratic Party (PD) he represents reported this Wednesday.
“Lee is in the ICU [unidade de cuidados intensivos] and only his family members can visit him,” DP spokesman Park Sung-joon told Yonhap news agency.
The doctors at Seoul National University Hospital who operated on him He did not make any statements about his state of health. by Lee. PD members have been informing the media about the politician’s health.
Representatives of the political group said earlier in the day that the operation to reconstruct Lee’s jugular vein and remove blood clots took longer than expected but was completed with apparent success.
The attack occurred on Tuesday during a public event in the city of Busan.350 kilometers southeast of Seoul, when the attacker, a 66-year-old man, stabbed him with a knife 17 centimeters on the left side of the politician’s neck.
Meanwhile, South Korean police on Wednesday raided the attacker’s residence and office in the central city of Asan, authorities said, without providing further details.
Source: TSF
