On October 26, 1909 patriotic martyr An Jung Gun shot to death Ito Hirobumi, the mastermind of Japan’s occupation of Korea and the sworn enemy of the Korean people.
In 1907 when he witnessed that the Japanese imperialists forced the Korean army to be dissolved by fabricating the “Jongmi Seven-Point Treaty”, An thought that Korea’s independence could be ac
An and his colleagues who determined to share their fates were waiting for a chance for killing Ito. They were informed that Ito would come to Harbin Railway Station, China on October 26, 1909 to meet the Czarist Russian Minister of Finance in order to pave the way of invading the continent.
An went to Harbin in secret.
At 9 o’clock on October 26, a train carrying Ito got arrived at Harbin Station on time.
An, who had evaded strict watch to go among the masses before arrival of the train, ran out to shoot Ito as soon as the latter got off the train.
An stepped on killed Ito and shouted “Long live independence of Korea!” making the enemy shudder.
The Japanese executioners sent An to Lushun prison. At the last moment of his death, An left a writing in blood “The Most Beautiful Rivers and Mountains of the Country” to demonstrate his indomitable patriotic fidelity and principles and pray for emergence of a distinguished leader who would ac
An’s long-cherished desire was realized by President Kim Il Sung, the sun of the revolution who led the anti-Japanese armed struggle to victory and liberated the country.
