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Michael Howie

South Korea police raid home of suspect who stabbed opposition leader in neck

South Korean police have raided the home and office of a man who stabbed the country's opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, in the neck in an attack that left him in intensive care, officials said.

The attack happened as Mr Lee was passing through a throng of journalists after visiting the proposed site of a new airport in the south-eastern city of Busan on Tuesday.

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