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U.S. soldier arrested in S. Korea for alleged robbery

By Xinhua,

Seoul : A U.S. soldier was arrested by South Korean police on Saturday for allegedly robbing money at a convenience store in Pyeongtak, 65 km south of Seoul, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported.

South Korean police officers arrested the U.S. soldier, whose full name wasn’t disclosed, for the alleged robbery at the store at about 2:00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT), the report said.

The U.S. soldier, who is stationed at a major U.S. Army base called Camp Humphreys, was accused of robbing some 270,000 won (about 266 U.S. dollars) after threatening a clerk at the convenience store with a knife, Yonhap said.