South Korean police say a lawmaker has been injured in an attack with a rock-like object

By JIWON SONG
Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police say a governing party lawmaker is being treated at a Seoul hospital after being attacked by an unidentified man who struck her head with a rock-like object. A police official says a suspect was arrested at the scene after the attack Thursday on lawmaker Bae Hyunjin in southern Seoul. The attack, which comes weeks after a man stabbed opposition lawmaker Lee Jae-myung in the neck in the southern city of Busan, raises further concerns about the country’s intensely polarized politics. The severity of Bae’s injury wasn’t immediately clear. The police official said she was conscious as she was being taken to the hospital.