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All 5 victims of Hanwha Aerospace explosion identified, bodies to be returned to families

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Jang Yeon-joo
Published : June 3, 2026 - 07:48:57
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The scene of the explosion at Hanwha Aerospace's Daejeon plant in Yuseong-gu. The blast, which occurred Sunday, killed five people, left one with severe burns across the body and injured another. [Yonhap]
The scene of the explosion at Hanwha Aerospace's Daejeon plant in Yuseong-gu. The blast, which occurred Sunday, killed five people, left one with severe burns across the body and injured another. [Yonhap]

All five victims of the explosion at Hanwha Aerospace's Daejeon plant have been identified, three days after the blast.

The Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency said the National Forensic Service completed DNA analysis and confirmed the identities of all five victims.

"We compared the DNA of the bereaved families with that of the deceased to confirm their identities," a police official said. "We plan to return the bodies to their families."

Funeral parlors are expected to set up memorial altars for the victims Tuesday.

The explosion at the Hanwha Aerospace facility in Daejeon left a total of seven people dead or injured.

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김수현 측 “김세의, 출소해도 경제적 파멸…천문학적 채무 떠안고 살아야”

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