SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A corporal in South Korea's marine corps went on shooting rampage Monday, killing four fellow marines and wounding another on a Yellow Sea island base near the country's tense border with North Korea, officials said.
The corporal was taken into custody on Ganghwa Island, about 40 miles (70 kilometers) west of Seoul, but his motive remained unknown, and the shooting was being investigated, Defense Ministry officials said.
The 19-year-old corporal, surnamed Kim, also was wounded, but it was unclear whether he tried to kill himself or was hurt when he was apprehended, the officials said. They declined to give their names because of office policy.
One of the slain marines was an officer, while the others were rank-and-file marines, the officials said. One died on the way to a nearby hospital, they said.
