Parents plead for runaway shooting suspect to hand himself in

The parents of a runaway South Korean soldier who has fled to a forest after allegedly killing five comrades near the North Korean border has pleaded with him to surrender.

Parents plead for runaway shooting suspect to hand himself in

The parents of a runaway South Korean soldier who has fled to a forest after allegedly killing five comrades near the North Korean border has pleaded with him to surrender.

There has been a massive manhunt for the soldier, identified only by his surname Yim, since authorities said he killed five and wounded seven on Saturday night before fleeing his front-line army unit with his standard issue K2 assault rifle.

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