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Dozen was injured after North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells onto a South Korean islands the borderline island of Yeonpyeong destroying dozens of homes.

South Korea said today it scrambled F-16 fighter jets and returned fire after North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery on to a populated South Korean island near the countries' western border.

South Korea's YTN television said two people were injured, several houses were on fire and that shells were still falling on Yeonpyeong island.

Yonhap news agency, quoting a military official, says four soldiers are wounded. The reports could not be immediately verified.

Officials said “dozens” of artillery rounds had landed on Yeonpyeong Island at in the Yellow Sea, 50 miles off the South’s northwest coast in an area close to a disputed sea border. Other reports suggested around 200 shells could have been fired in the attack which began at 2.34pm local time (7.34am GMT).