South Korean opposition leader stabbed during event

South Korean’s main opposition leader was stabbed Tuesday while visiting an airport construction site in the southeastern city of Busan.

Lee Jae-myung, who narrowly lost the country’s 2022 presidential election, was attacked by an unidentified man and was taken to hospital conscious, according to Busan’s emergency office.

The extent of his injuries was not immediately known.

South Korean media quoted witnesses as saying the man used a knife-like weapon to stab Lee’s neck and showed footage of a person pressing a handkerchief to his neck to stop the bleeding. Authorities took the attacker into custody. 

Lee, a liberal, narrowly lost the 2022 presidential election to President Yoon Suk Yeol.