Dramatic Footage of Defector's Escape Released

Dramatic video of a North Korean soldier defecting across the DMZ last week reveals just how narrow the man's escape was. 

The soldier can be seen fleeing in a military vehicle, which races toward the border down empty roads. The defector is seen abandoning the vehicle after it becomes stuck just yards from the border at the Panmunjon truce village, the BBC reports. 

He ends up running for his life with North Korean soldiers firing their weapons just behind him. He was hit at least four times but survived.

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