Goseong killing spree

On June 21, 2014, Sergeant Lim, a 22 year old conscript in the South Korean army, killed five and wounded seven of his fellow soldiers.

Lim opened fire with a K2 assault rifle and lobbied a hand grenade at soldiers at the barracks of the 22nd Infantry Division in eastern Gangwon Province, near the Demilitarized Zone with North Korea. After a shooting spree, he fled into the woods armed with his rifle and 60 rounds of ammunition. A massive manhunt was put underway with orders to "shoot and kill", involving 4,000 troops and dozens of helicopters. The next day, Lim was tracked down near a school and cordoned off, near the city of Goseong, six miles from the North Korean border. Negotiations went underway for his surrender. During a brief exchange of fire a South Korean platoon leader was injured, before Sgt. Lim attempted suicide, shooting himself in the abdomen.[1]

In February 2015, Lim was sentenced to death by a court-martial in Wonju.[2] Under South Korean military law, a soldier must face the death penalty for killing a superior, and one of the victims of the killing spree was a staff sergeant.