Reports: South Korean coast guard stabbed by Chinese fisherman

BEIJING - China is verifying media reports that a South Korean coast guard was killed by a Chinese fisherman who were caught "fishing illegally" in the Yellow Sea off Incheon, west of Seoul, on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said on Monday.

The South Korean Coast Guard told Yonhap News Agency that one of its commandos was killed and another was injured in stabbings by the Chinese captain.

After being stabbed, the 41-year-old corporal surnamed Lee was rushed to a hospital in Incheon but died soon after arriving there due to severe organ damage, the Coast Guard said, adding that it seized the Chinese fishing boat and all nine crewmembers on board, including the injured captain.