In South Korea, during a training exercise, an explosion occurred in a self-propelled howitzer K9 "Thunder"

According to news agency yonhap, citing military sources, during the artillery exercise in South Korea, an explosion occurred in a self-propelled howitzer k9 "Thunder"The exercises were held in the county of cheorwon-gun, South Korean province of gangwon, a county located on the east coast of the Korean peninsula near the demilitarized zone separating South Korea from North Korea. The explosion injured seven people, one of them died in hospital, RIA, novoship, the agency said self-propelled howitzer k-9 is designed for five people, but the one where the accident happened, was during the exercise two more reviewers. The cause of the explosion is not yet established. We know that the inside of the howitzers fire.

It now appears, whether caused by fire explosion — quotes agency the words of a military source. Monday, august 21, on the peninsula will begin joint maneuvers of U.S. And South Korea. They will involve tens of thousands of soldiers of both countries. Pyongyang has already declared that he regarded the exercises as preparations for war.