North Korean Spy Suspect Slain

Surrounded by a cordon of 20,000 troops, a suspected North Korean spy who had escaped a shootout three days ago was shot and killed Friday in mountains 100 miles southwest of Seoul in the second intrusion into South Korea in the past 10 days, police announced.

The spy - identified by a compatriot who was captured Tuesday as Park Kwang Nam, 31 - opened fire on commando teams sweeping the area, police said. He was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital.

Kim Do Shik, 33, the agent who was captured Tuesday in a shootout in which one police officer was killed and two wounded, was reported to have told police that he and Park had been sent to South Korea to escort back to North Korea an agent who had been planted in the area near the city of Puyo 10 years ago.