“Eight MK-82 general-purpose bombs were abnormally released from an Air Force KF-16 aircraft, landing outside the designated firing range,“ the Air Force said.
“We deeply regret the unintended release of the bombs, which resulted in civilian casualties, and wish those injured a swift recovery,“ the Air Force said in a statement.
The Air Force said the military jet had been “participating in a joint live-fire exercise involving both the Air Force and Army.”
South Korea’s National Fire Agency said that the bombs were “presumed to have fallen on a village during a South Korea-US joint exercise.”
One church building and sections of two houses were damaged, according to the statement.
One local resident, who gave only his surname Park, told Yonhap that he had been at home, watching television when the accident happened.
Even at a senior centre about a kilometre away, the accident was felt.
“Fortunately, none of the seniors were hurt, but they were so frightened that we sent them all home,“ they added.
The two Koreas remain technically at war since the 1950-1953 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.
In 2022, a South Korean Hyunmu-2 short-range ballistic missile accidentally crashed into a military golf course in the South's eastern Gangwon province, after it was fired in response to a North Korean missile launch.
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