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Jan. 20, Seoul, Yongsan District:

SWAT Unit Attacked Sit-in Strike, Executed Massacre

"The cops were going at the protesters as if they were out to kill them!"

Last year LMB(the current S. Korean president) "vowed" to smash any "illegal" labour strike or resistance activity against the current (capitalist) system in S. Korea.

And today in the morning we could witnessing that his "promise" wasn't empty:

A two-hour long massive and extreme violent crackdown, executed by an Anti-terror/SWAT unit (death squad??!!) , against 40 activists protesting a so-called "redevelopment" project in Yongsan, central Seoul, left at least six people dead and 17 injured.

Some eyewitnesses said that the cops set fire to the fortified tower in order to get the occupiers to evacuate the building.

"Four protesters and a riot cop died after a fire engulfed the five-meter high observation tower built by the demonstrators on the rooftop of a four-story building in the area. One body remains unidentified as of press time", according to Korea Herald.

K. Times: A watchtower, set up by protesters on the top of a building in Yongsan, Seoul, is in

flames during a police operation to evict them, Tuesday. Six people including a police officer were

killed and more than 20 were injured. The demonstrators, mainly residents and small business

operators, had staged a sit-in since Monday, protesting the redevelopment of the district.

☞ Deaths in S Korea tower protest (al-Jazeera)

Related (independent) reports:
☞ "살인정권, 살인진압" (Docu-video, by "Hong Gil-dong..")

☞ Detailed report in Korean (OMN) 

☞ Special Report Section (OMN)

☞ "어떻게 사람을... 우리는 사람도 아니다" (TiN)

S. Korean bourgeois stuff:

☞ Six dead, over 20 injured after police clash at construction site (Yonhap)
☞ At least 6 killed in police clash (Korea Herald)
☞ 6 Dead in Fire After Police-Tenant Standoff (Korea Times)
☞ Investigation widens on deadly police clash with protesters (Yonhap)
☞ [NEWS ANALYSIS]Deadly crackdown a blow to Lee (K. Herald)