section_path: National Assembly (2022–2025)/Assassination attempt
section_name: Assassination attempt
paragraph_text: Assassination attempt
  
  On 2 January 2024, Lee was stabbed in the left side of his neck while holding a question and answer session with reporters after touring the construction site of a planned new airport located on Gadeokdo in Busan. Though Lee remained conscious, he continued bleeding and was transferred to a hospital approximately 20 minutes later. The assailant, who was wearing a "I'm Lee Jae-myung" paper crown, lunged at Lee after asking for his autograph. The assailant was arrested at the scene. The assailant was identified as a man named Kim Jin-sung and was reported to have been born in 1957.
  
  Though the neck wound was not considered to be life-threatening, Lee's surgery took longer than expected, with damage being inflicted on his jugular vein that led to additional bleeding. The laceration in his neck which resulted from the knife wound was determined to be approximately 1 centimetre. While in custody, the assailant confessed to Busan Metropolitan Police that he carried out the attack with the intention of killing Lee.