A South Korean marine has turned his gun on his colleagues, killing three of them and injuring two others.
A spokesman for the defence ministry in the capital, Seoul, said the corporal had opened fire while on duty at Ganghwa island west of Seoul.
Only South Korean soldiers were involved in the incident; no other details were immediately available.
Ganghwa island, in the Yellow Sea, is near a disputed maritime border with North Korea.
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