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Fifteen injured after South Korean jets drop eight bombs by accident in military exercises

A home in Pocheon, South Korea, destroyed by a bomb accidentally dropped during military exercises. Photo: AP

A home in Pocheon, South Korea, destroyed by a bomb accidentally dropped during military exercises. Photo: AP

Ju-Min Park

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South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian district yesterday, injuring 15 people and damaging houses and a church during military exercises.

Pocheon is about 40km north-east of Seoul, near the heavily militarised border with North Korea.

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