K-pop trio Cool's member Kim Sung-soo (left) poses in the groups poster for 2008 concert "COOL NIGHT CONCERT," held on November 7 and 8. [Cool Company]
The ex-wife of a Korean singer has been stabbed to death by a stranger in a bar Wednesday.
Popular K-pop group Cool's member Kim Sung-soo got killed by a 38-year-old suspect who later got caught by police, according to Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency [SMPA] report.
According to the officials, the victim was having drinks with her friend and a member of four-member group RooRa. A man sitting at the next table asked them to quiet down and the quarrel led the suspect to allegedly stab Kim's ex-wife.
She and professional Korean baseball player Park Yong-geun were immediately transferred to the Soon Chun Hyang University but she died and Park fell into a critical condition, reports said.
After the bloody fight the suspect escaped away with his car but was caught by police at around 6 p.m..
False media reports striking another Cool's female member Yuri began to spread online fast Wednesday morning, but the singer instantly announced that she is the victim of the fake death report.
Adding to Yuri's fabricated news, the issue is getting bigger as the victim turned out to be a younger sister of actor Kong Hyung-jin's wife.
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