He told investigators that he tried to kill Lee to hurt his party’s prospects for a victory in the parliamentary elections and to eventually eliminate chances of Lee becoming South Korea’s next president, according to police.
Man who stabbed South Korea's opposition leader Lee Jae-myung sentenced to 15 years in prison
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Lee said he hopes the attack will serve as a chance “to end politics of hatred and politics of confrontation and return to politics of mutual respect and co-existence.”
Lee Jae-myung, South Korean opposition leader, released from hospital a week after being stabbed
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