South Korea's People Power Party lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin sustained a head injury after being attacked by an unidentified assailant Thursday, her office said, Ednews reports citing Yonhap News Agency.
The incident happened around 5 p.m. in the southern Seoul district of Gangnam. According to Bae's aide, a male pedestrian walked up to Bae and asked, "Are you the lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin?" and struck her in the back of the head with a rock the size of an adult man's fist.
Bae was transported to Soonchunhyang University Hospital with her head bleeding. Bae remained conscious and her injury is not believed to be life threatening.
The suspect was momentarily arrested by police in Gangnam, and claimed to officers that he is 15 years old.
Bae, 40, is a former television news anchor who was elected to her first term in the National Assembly in 2020. She briefly served as a spokesperson for then President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol in 2022.
The attack on Bae comes some three weeks after Lee Jae-myung, leader of the opposition Democratic Party, was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southeastern city of Busan.
