South Korean fighter jets mistakenly dropped eight bombs on a civilian district on Thursday, injuring 15 people and damaging houses and a church during military exercises in Pocheon, the Air Force and fire agency said.

An Air Force jet on Thursday accidentally dropped bombs in a civilian district of South Korea during military exercises in Pocheon, injuring eight people and damaging houses and a church. Gyeonggi-do Bukbu Fire Services said out of the eight people wounded,

The MK-82 bombs released by the KF-16 fighter jets fell outside a firing range, the air force said in a statement.