A top US politician has claimed that a recent skirmish between North and South Korea in the demilitarised zone started when North Korean soldiers 'accidentally' fired weapons over the border.
American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told ABC's This Week: "Handful of shots came across from the north, we think those were accidental. "South Koreans did return fire.
There was no loss of life on either side." It had previously been reported the two warring nations, who have technically been at war since September 2, 1945, " exchanged fire" after several gunshots hit a guard post in the demilitarised zone between the fierce rivals.