ammunition

韓国の兵士が仲間5名を殺害し，5名に怪我を負わせたというニュースです。仲間に攻撃した兵士はその後北朝鮮に逃亡したとのことです。詳しい動機などは未だにわかっておりません。記事の中で気になった単語は"ammunition"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版（三省堂）』によると「弾薬, 弾丸」という意味がありました。なぜこのような行為に及んだのかが気になります。（Ume）

South Korean soldier 'kills five comrades, wounds five'

The army private opened fire on fellow soldiers on Saturday evening at a post in the eastern Gangwon province.

It is not yet clear what motivated him to kill his colleagues. A man hunt is now under way.

Tensions between the North and South have been high, but there is no sign this was a cross-border incident.

"He shot dead five fellow soldiers, wounded five others and then fled the scene with his rifle and ammunition," an army spokesman was quoted by news agency AFP as saying.

The shooting took place at an army unit near the border town of Goseong, according to South Korean news agency, Yonhap.

Tens of thousands of soldiers from both North and South Korea are stationed along their joint border, one of the most heavily fortified in the world.