Eventful weekend leads to probe

Eventful weekend leads to probe
By Franklin Fisher and Hwang Hae-rym, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Wednesday, November 21, 2007

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — Eight U.S. soldiers from Camp Walker in Daegu are being investigated for their alleged roles in two separate weekend incidents, one in which two South Korean women were punched and kicked, authorities said Monday.

The soldiers were turned over to the U.S. military, which is investigating the alleged misconduct, officials said.

“The Korean National Police are the lead agency, and we are supporting them fully at this time,” 8th Army spokesman Lt. Col. Brodrick Bailey said.

Six soldiers — two women and four men — allegedly punched and kicked the two women when the pair tried to stop them from vandalizing a sign outside a restaurant about 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

The women, a 37-year-old and her mother, 59, are the restaurant’s owners, police said.

The two female soldiers allegedly initiated the assault, police said, adding that all four males took part in assaulting the Korean women.


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