South Korean police say a governing party lawmaker is being trꦺe﷽ated at a Seoul hospital after being attacked by an unidentified man who struck her head with a rock-like object.
A police official in Seoul's Apgujeong district said a suspect was arrested at the scene after the attack on Thursday on lawmaker Bae Hyunjin in souther🌊n Seoul.
The severity of Bae's injury wa♕sn't immediately clear. The police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorised to talk to the media, said Bae was conscious as she was being taken to t🐽he hospital.
South🧔 Korean media reported that her condition wasn𓂃't life threatening, citing her aides. Calls to Bae's office weren't immediately answered.
The attack comes weeks after a man stabbed South Korean opposition lawmaker Lee Jae-myung in the neck in the southern city of Busan. The man told 🥀investigators after his arrest that he wanted to kill Lee to prevent him from becoming a future president. Lee was released from the hospital after eight days of treatment.
