South Korean military jet accidentally drops bombs on homes, injuring eight

News agency photos show badly damaged house and rubble

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Debris lies by a damaged church in South Korea's Pocheon after MK-82 bombs dropped during live-fire exercises landed in a civilian district. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

POCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) -- Eight people were injured in South Korea on Thursday after bombs dropped by an air force jet landed in a civilian district, damaging houses and a church during military exercises in Pocheon, the air force and a fire official said.

An official with Gyeonggi-do Bukbu Fire Services said out of the eight people wounded, two were seriously hurt.

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