Korean Killed by Exploding Mobile Phone

World | November 29, 2007, Thursday // 00:00

Authorities in South Korea are investigating the death of a man amid reports he may have been killed by an exploding mobile phone battery, BBC reported.

He was found at his workplace with a melted battery in his shirt pocket and punctured lungs and heart.

The 33-year-old South Korean was found in a quarry where he worked in Cheongwon County in North Chungcheong Province, 135km (85 miles) south of Seoul, police said.

Phone maker LG said the cell would have been rigorously tested and was only sold in Korea but it could not comment further because of the police probe.

A welder in China was reportedly killed by an exploding cell phone in July.

Korean media said this was the first case of a suspected phone battery fatality in the country.

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