An elderly man wearing a hat is taken into a police station after he was detained at the scene in Seoul, South Korea on March 7, 2022. (KANG MIN-JEE / YONHAP VIA AP)
SEOUL – South Korea's ruling Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil was rushed to a hospital on Monday after being attacked by an unidentified man while campaigning for the party's presidential candidate, according to the Yonhap news agency.
The unidentified elderly man struck Song in the head with a hammer-like object while the party leader campaigned in Seoul for the party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung.
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Song was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries, a party official was quoted as saying.
The assailant was suppressed at the scene and handed over to the police.
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The accident occurred two days ahead of South Korea's presidential election to be held on Wednesday.