CEOAFRICA.com gathered that South Korean troops have killed a man trying to swim across a border river into the North Korea territory.

It was gathered from sources that soldiers opened fire after the man jumped into the Imjin River and ignored repeated warnings to stop.

The man, sources disclosed, was spotted by guards near the western border in Paju, north of South Korea.

Soldiers fired off warning shots and told him to return to the South. When he disobeyed the order and jumped into the river, he was shot dead, military officials. His body has been retrieved.