North Korea’s artillery attack a South Korean island on Tuesday may have been triggered by military exercises being held in the area, a spokesman for the South Korean presidential administration said. “Our army was carrying out military training, and there was a telegram from North Korea with a protest and questioning whether this was an attack,” the spokesperson was quoted as saying by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, RIA Novosti reports.
The training took place on an island not far from Yeonpyeong Island, which was hit by scores of North Korean artillery rounds. One South Korean serviceman is reported to have died during the attack, with three seriously injured
