South Korean Siege Soldier Captured Alive

A South Korean soldier who opened fire on his own unit has been captured alive after a failed suicide attempt, according to an official.

Some 4,000 soldiers backed up by helicopters had surrounded the army sergeant, identified only by his surname Lim, and were involved in a tense 24-hour stand-off at the weekend.

Lim, 22, had opened fire on members of his own unit at a guard post in a base near the border with North Korea on Saturday, killing five of his colleagues and wounding seven others.

Thousands of soldiers hunted Yim after he fled the base in Goseong

A Defence Ministry official said Lim shot himself in the stomach and after being captured was rushed to hospital.

"At around 2.55pm, Sergeant Lim harmed himself in his side with a K2 rifle and was sent to hospital," the official said.

Lim had fled with an assault rifle and 60 rounds of ammunition after the grenade and gun attack at the end of his shift.

He was discovered hiding in dense woods near a school six miles from the base. When troops tried to capture him on Sunday, he stood his ground and opened fire. 

Officials had negotiated with him via a loud hailer to persuade him to surrender and threw him a mobile phone so he could talk to his father.

Some 500 residents evacuated from nearby homes during the initial shootout

The soldier was reportedly in tears when he asked negotiators to hand their phone to his father. "He talked to his parents for several minutes, and they pleaded with him to surrender," an official said.

Yim's motives remain unclear. He had been on a scheduled list to be discharged from the army in September and was described as an introvert who had difficulty adapting to military life.

He was on a list of "those who require special attention," said an officer, who added there had been concerns about his psychological health, but he was deemed fit to be deployed to the outpost after passing a test in November.

The initial shooting happened at an outpost in Goseong, about 205 miles northeast of the capital Seoul.

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