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(LEAD) Grenade explosion kills recruit, wounds officer during training at Army division in Sejong

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SEJONG, May 21 (Yonhap) -- One recruit was killed and another noncommissioned officer was wounded Tuesday after a grenade accidentally exploded during a training session at the Army's 32nd Infantry Division in the central city of Sejong.

The explosion occurred at around 9:50 a.m. during a grenade-throwing training session at the division's boot camp in Sejong, 113 kilometers south of Seoul, military authorities said.

A recruit in training was transported to the military hospital in the nearby city of Daejeon in a state of cardiac arrest but was pronounced dead.

A master sergeant who commanded the training sustained serious wounds to his hand and arm, and was sent to another military hospital.

Military and police authorities suspect the accident happened in the course of the recruit's throwing of the grenade after he removed the safety pin, and they were conducting an on-site investigation.

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