Assasination attempt on South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae Myeong

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Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southeastern port city of Busan earlier in the day, had his emergent surgery completed, the Democratic Party (DP) said Tuesday.

"It took longer than expected and we are closely following his progress," the party said at Seoul National University Hospital where the surgery was performed.

"We strongly condemn the act of political terror against Lee," it said, calling for authorities to thoroughly investigate the case to find the truth behind the attack.

The DP chairman was stabbed on the left side of his neck by a paper crown-wearing man in his 60s posing as an autograph-seeker at 10:27 a.m. after touring the construction site of a new airport on Busan's Gadeok Island.

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[Dennis 8,391]

Fortunately he appears to be a in a non-life threatening condition.

But that video was so scary.