A UN agency said today the <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/north-korean-soldier-shot-and-wounded-24099">North Korean soldier who crossed over to South Korea </a>on Monday was &quot;shot six times by North Korean border troops&quot; as he made his way across the heavily guarded border separating the two countries.

United Nations Command(UNC) said the soldier had driven close to the heavily-guarded, military demarcation line in a vehicle.

The man who is&nbsp;reportedly a low ranking soldier, was shot in the shoulder and elbow and was picked up bleeding on the south side of the border known as the Joint Security Area (JSA).

&quot;He then exited the vehicle and continued fleeing south across the line as he was fired upon by other soldiers from North Korea,&quot; UNC said in a statement.

A JCS official quoted by Yonhap news agency said the South&#39;s soldiers heard a gunshot and then retrieved the unarmed soldier in the mid-afternoon.

&quot;He has at least six gunshot wounds on his body and the penetrating wound in the abdomen is the most serious&quot;, the doctor, Lee Cook-Jong, told reporters, AFP said.

No tourists were in the Joint Security Area at the time and there was no exchange of gunfire between the two sides.

United Nations Command said soldier had driven close to the heavily-guarded, military demarcation line in a vehicle.

A UN agency said today the North Korean soldier who crossed over to South Korea on Monday was "shot six times by North Korean border troops" as he made his way across the heavily guarded border separating the two countries. United Nations Command(UNC) said the soldier had driven close to the heavily-guarded, military demarcation line in a vehicle. The man who is reportedly a low ranking soldier, was shot in the shoulder and elbow and was picked up bleeding on the south side of the border known as the Joint Security Area (JSA). "He then exited the vehicle and continued fleeing south across the line as he was fired upon by other soldiers from North Korea," UNC said in a statement. A JCS official quoted by Yonhap news agency said the South's soldiers heard a gunshot and then retrieved the unarmed soldier in the mid-afternoon. "He has at least six gunshot wounds on his body and the penetrating wound in the abdomen is the most serious", the doctor, Lee Cook-Jong, told reporters, AFP said. No tourists were in the Joint Security Area at the time and there was no exchange of gunfire between the two sides.

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North Korean defector was shot six times by border troops: UNC