Six soldiers deny allegations of assault on two South Korean women

Six soldiers deny allegations of assault on two South Korean women
By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Friday, November 30, 2007

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — Six U.S. soldiers questioned in an alleged attack on two South Korean women in Daegu have denied wrongdoing, local police said Wednesday.

Police said they questioned the soldiers for two hours on Nov. 23 at the Daegu Central Police Station.

Police said the soldiers — two women and four men, all from Camp Walker — 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. on Nov. 18.

The women, a 37-year-old and her mother, 59, owned the restaurant, police have said.

Police said Wednesday they had no word on the women’s condition and on what injuries, if any, they might have sustained.

During questioning Nov. 23, the soldiers denied striking the women and said they had no intention of offering any financial compensation, police said Wednesday.


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