⁍ North Korea said on Sunday it was searching for the body of a South Korean man killed by its troops.

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⁍ South Korea’s military have accused the North’s soldiers of killing the man, dousing his body in fuel and setting it on fire near the sea border.

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⁍ The report called it an ‘awful case which should not have happened’ but warned that South Korean naval operations near the site of the incident had crossed into North Korean waters.

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– North Korea says it is now searching for the body of a South Korean man killed by its soldiers, but it’s also warning that South Korean naval operations near the site of the incident “may lead to escalation of tensions” between the two countries, Reuters reports. “We also took more necessary security measures in order to make sure that no more incident spoiling the relations of trust and respect between the north and the south would happen in any case, true to the intention of our Supreme Leadership,” the state news agency said. South Korea’s military has accused the North’s soldiers of killing the man, dousing his body in fuel, and setting it on fire near the sea border. The report called it an “awful case which should not have happened” but warned that South Korean naval operations near the site of the incident had crossed into North Korean waters. “We urge the south side to immediately halt the intrusion across the military demarcation line in the west sea that may lead to escalation of tensions,” the report said.