Osan bar stabbing victim now conscious

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Osan bar stabbing victim now conscious
By Franklin Fisher and Hwang Hae-rym, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Wednesday, March 11, 2009

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — The bar worker stabbed multiple time Friday allegedly by a jealous U.S. soldier remained on life support Monday but had regained consciousness, authorities said.

Two men who were injured when they rushed to her aid also remained hospitalized Monday, one with leg wounds, the other with facial injuries.

The incident occurred after midnight on Friday morning in the Shinjang Mall bar and entertainment district just outside Osan Air Base in the Songtan section of Pyeongtaek.

The soldier is being held at the Eighth U.S. Army Confinement Facility at Camp Humphreys, the Army said Monday. Part of his finger was cut off during the incident, police said.

No charges had been filed as of Monday, said 2nd Infantry Division spokesman Maj. Vincent Mitchell. The soldier is a 37-year-old specialist assigned as a supply clerk with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment General Support Aviation Battalion, part of the division’s 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Mitchell said.


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