Two South Korean cops had been stabbed exterior a compound that homes the presidential workplace in Seoul, the Yonhap information company reported Tuesday.

The 77-year-old assailant, recognized by his surname Park, started yelling in entrance of the compound and stabbed the officers as they tried to subdue him, in accordance with the report.

One officer was stabbed within the abdomen and the opposite within the left arm, and each had been being handled in hospital, it mentioned. The person was arrested on the scene, in accordance with the report.

South Korean broadcaster YTN confirmed blurred footage of a person being held down by a number of officers.

After taking workplace final 12 months, President Yoon Suk Yeol relocated the presidential workplace to the central Yongsan district, transferring away from the Blue Home, which had served because the presidential residence for many years.

South Korea has been shaken by a collection of stabbings this 12 months, together with an incident through which two folks had been killed and a dozen extra wounded after being attacked close to a division retailer.

South Korea is usually an especially secure nation, with a homicide charge of 1.3 per 100,000 folks in 2021, in accordance with official statistics.

By comparability, the US has 7.8 murder deaths per 100,000 folks, in accordance with the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.