The unknown person who attacked the leader of the main opposition United Democratic Party of South Korea, Lee Jae-myung, with a knife wore a paper crown with the inscription “I am Lee Jae-myung” on his head, according to footage of the attack shown by Yellin Kongang TV.
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The channel published a full video of the attack, which occurred while Lee Jae-myung was speaking with the press during a visit to the site for the construction of a new airport in Busan.
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The footage shows that the attacker made his way to Lee Jae-myung through a crowd of journalists, and then stabbed the politician with a knife, which he initially kept wrapped in paper. On his head, the attacker wore a blue paper crown with the inscription “I am Lee Jae Myung.”
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According to eyewitnesses, the man initially asked for an autograph, so they let him closer.
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South Korea will hold general parliamentary elections in April. But at the moment, the media is not linking the attack on Lee Jae-myung with election activities.
According to the Realmeter agency as of January 1, popular support for the Democratic Party in the last week of December was 43.6%, while the ruling conservative Civic Force party was supported by 38.1% of citizens.
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However, in the region consisting of the cities of Busan, Ulsan and Gyeongsangnam-do province, Democratic support fell 5.1 percentage points to 34.3% over the same week, while the conservative Civic Force’s rating rose 1.7 percentage points. up to 46.7%.
