During a mortar fire drill at the Army's parent unit in Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, a shell missed about 1 에 and fell into the mountains, causing a machine gun misfire in the Marine Corps' foremost unit.

According to the army on the 19th, during the actual training of the 4.2-inch (107 mm) mortar fire from the Army units of Paju-si on the 14th, a high bomb exploded over a target point of 2.2㎞ and flew an additional 1㎞ to explode in a nearby mountain.

The place where the shell fell was a wild mountain owned by the Korea Forest Service, and no human and property damage occurred.

There is a private house 500 meters away.

The military is investigating the cause of the accident against military officials at the time.

An army official said, "At the time, the officer preparing to shoot had to take out some of the charges that had been injected into the high explosives, but it seems that it was not."

The 4.2-inch mortar shell had a fatality radius of 30-40m, so it would have been a fatal accident if it had been carried by people or houses.

The military does not disclose the fact of the accident to the public, and there is also suspicion of concealment.

Some have also pointed out that it is a matter of military discipline that the missiles missed by 1 km were used to conduct live shooting training.

An army official said, "It is a kind of safety accident."

Also, at the Marine Corps of Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, one KR-6 machine gun was accidentally misfired during maintenance at 11 am on the 13th.

At that time, the sergeant, who was working on the machine gun, slipped down and touched the KR-6 machine gun's rear end with his elbow.

An official from the Marine Corps said, "One shot was triggered when the muzzle was lowered and attempted to be repaired." The misfired bullet flew 600-700m and fell on the Han River. "

The Marine Corps explained that it was preparing measures such as installing an anti-slip plate on the floor and re-checking the maintenance procedures.

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