US Secretary of State Pompeo says initial reports on shots fired from North Korea into South Korea this morning indicate they were accidental. South Korea shot back. No one is known to have been killed.
Washington Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the initial reports on the shots fired from North Korea into South Korea on Sunday morning indicate they were"accidental."
"I've seen that reporting too. I've seen some of our internal information as well. We can confirm at least the initial reports are that you've described are just about right. A handful of shots that came across from the North. We think those were accidental. South Koreans did return fire so far as we can tell there was no loss of life on either side," Pompeo said Sunday on ABC's"This Week.
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