The commander of the South Korean Air Force, General Lee Young-su, has publicly apologized for the recent accidental bombing of a village near Seoul by KF-16 fighter jets. The incident resulted in nearly thirty casualties,

Two South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area during training, injuring at least eight people, officials said.

The MK-82 bombs released by the KF-16 fighter jets fell outside a firing range, the air force said in a statement.