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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's tough-speaking liberal opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified knife-wielding man
Liberal opposition leader Lee Jae-myung's party says he' recovering at an intensive care unit.
The attacker approached Lee Jae-myung, saying he wanted to get his autograph, and then stabbed him, authorities said. Democratic Party officials near Lee quickly subdued the attacker before police detained him.
Lee Jae-myung was recovering at an intensive care unit at the Seoul National University Hospital following a two-hour operation
The attempted assassin reportedly approached while asking for his autograph before attacking the politician with a knife.