Gunman kills three in rare shooting in S. Korea

Police forensic teams examine the scene of a fatal shooting and arson attack at a convenience store in Sejong on February 25, 2015. A gunman in South Korea shot dead three people in the convenience store which he then torched in an apparent revenge attack on the family of his former lover, media reports said. -AFP

The gunman’s body was later discovered on the bank of a nearby river with a gunshot wound to the head in an apparent suicide.

Gun crime is very rare in South Korea and the incident in the southern city of Sejong, 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of Seoul, received blanket coverage on TV news stations.