Security questioned in probe of attack on US envoy to Seoul
Police on Friday investigated the motives of the anti-US activist they say slashed the US ambassador to South Korea as questions turned to whether security was neglected.
The attack Thursday on Mark Lippert, which prompted rival North Korea to gloat about "knife slashes of justice," left deep gashes and damaged tendons and nerves. But it also raised safety worries in a city with a reputation as a relatively low-risk diplomatic posting, despite regular threats of war from Pyongyang.
While an extreme example, the attack is the latest act of political violence in a deeply divided country where some protesters portray their causes as matters of life and death.
