Aid group reports 110 North Koreans killed in explosion
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{{date|June 19, 2007}}

A [[South Korea]]n aid agency reports that 110 [[North Korea]]n villagers died in an explosion while trying to scavenge fuel from a cracked pipeline 10 days ago. 

The incident occurred in [[w:North Pyongan|North Pyongan Province]] on June 9 when one of the villagers lit a match near a cracked segment of the pipeline, setting off fuel vapours.

"Informed sources told us that about 110 people were killed in the blast," Noh Oh-jae, an official for the group Good Friends, said.

The [[w:National Intelligence Service (South Korea)|National Intelligence Service]] in South Korea says it cannot confirm the reports.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104AP_NKorea_Pipeline_Blast.html
|title=Aid group: 110 die in N.Korea blast
|author=Kwang-Tae Kim, AP
|pub=Seattle Post-Intelligencer
|date=June 19, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.keralanext.com/news/?id=1033472
|title=110 people killed in North Korean pipe blast
|author=KN Staff Reporter
|pub=Keralanext.com
|date=June 19, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E6C17B86-5896-46A2-AD8E-8837E3293FEE.htm
|title=N Korea blast 'kills dozens'
|author=Agencies
|pub=Al Jazeera
|date=June 19, 2007}}

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[[Category:Asia]]
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A South Korean aid agency reports that 110 North Korean villagers died in an explosion while trying to scavenge fuel from a cracked pipeline 10 days ago. 

The incident occurred in North Pyongan Province on June 9 when one of the villagers lit a match near a cracked segment of the pipeline, setting off fuel vapours.

"Informed sources told us that about 110 people were killed in the blast," Noh Oh-jae, an official for the group Good Friends, said.

The National Intelligence Service in South Korea says it cannot confirm the reports.
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