South Korean Democratic Party Leader Stabbed in Neck on Video

The top of South Korea’s Democratic Party was brutally stabbed by a knife-wielding suspect throughout a press convention … and the horrifying assault was all caught on video.

Lee Jae-myung was at a public occasion surrounded by a gaggle of reporters and TV cameras in South Korea’s port metropolis of Busan Tuesday when the assailant approached him for an autograph earlier than immediately plunging a knife into his neck.

Try the loopy clip … Lee grimaces in ache as he collapses to the bottom after the stabbing. The gang jumps on the suspect, who’s sporting a blue, paper crown round his head, tackling him to the pavement.

Different footage reveals Lee mendacity face up on the bottom along with his eyes closed as somebody applies a handkerchief to his neck wound to cease the bleeding.

Lee was rushed to a hospital in Busan, the place he was given emergency take care of his neck harm, which was not life-threatening, in accordance with Reuters. He was then airlifted to a medical facility within the capital metropolis of Seoul for extra therapy.

South Korean Democratic Party spokesman Kwon Chil-seung held a press convention, saying that medical employees believes Lee suffered harm to his jugular vein.