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# North Korea: 'artillery fire' heard near South Korean island
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## Artillery fire has been heard off the South Korea's Yeonpyeong island -
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the scene of shelling by North Korea earlier this week.
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TelegraphPlayer-8163538
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[Link to this video][1]
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6:53AM GMT 26 Nov 2010
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South Korea's military said two explosions were heard on Friday and it was
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checking the source of the sounds.
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The two blasts were heard off Yeonpyeong island near the disputed border in
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the Yellow Sea, a Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman told AFP.
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"We're checking the origin of the sounds," he said.
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The North's bombardment of the island and surrounding seas on Tuesday killed
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four people, injured 18 and set buildings and forests ablaze.
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Two South Korean soldiers were killed and a dozen injured after North Korea
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fired dozens of artillery shells onto a South Korean island setting more than
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60 houses ablaze and sending civilians fleeing in terror.
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The incident is believed to have been sparked by South Korean military
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exercises in the area, which the North had objected to.
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Officials said "dozens" of artillery rounds had landed on [**Yeonpyeong
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Island**][7] at in the Yellow Sea, 50 miles off the South's northwest coast in
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an area close to a disputed sea border.
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Other reports suggested around 200 shells could have been fired in the attack
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which began at 2.34pm local time (7.34am GMT).
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F-16 fighter jets were scrambled and South Korean land-based forces returned
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fire on the North as civilians were evacuated to emergency bunkers, according
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to witnesses quoted by the Seoul-based cable news television channel YTN.
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