The “accidental spark” could trigger the war, says the north

The North said that a recent accidental bombardment of a civilian area by South Korean fighters shows that an inconvenience could trigger a new armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula, the State News Agency informed.

Two South Korean aircraft mistakenly threw eight air-surface bombs on a village near the military border with North Korea last week, hurting 29 civilians in an accident, the South military said it was probably caused by the pilot error.

The area was close to a regular training field used by allies near the border.

“We must not explain how the situation had been carried out if the bombs had been thrown to the north and the border passes us,” Kcna State Agency said yesterday.

“It is not an unreasonable imagination at all … that an accidental spark could encompass the Korean Peninsula and the world in a new armed conflict, in response to the great malt of common military exercises from the US and South Korea.”

South Korean and US military began annual exercises for freedom shield to run until March 20, but suspended fire exercises following the bombing accident.

North Korea usually denounces common military exercises by the Allies, calling a war for war against it.

South Korea rejects this accusation, saying that the exercises are defensive and aims to maintain the preparation against a possible aggression in North Korea.

Kcna said he warned to take “mercyless actions”, without notifying, if necessary, due to the military activities of his enemies. – Reuters