She was in a collection area with other blind runners when the first bomb went off, followed by a second loud explosion.

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Kim said South Korean radar had a "blind spot" in the area and South Korean troops were unaware the defector was fleeing until he almost reached the North Korean side.

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She was searching blind, though, in an area of five square miles.

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Eleftheriou said that this is in the interest of a "more open keyboard space, so that more innovations can happen in the area, " but also as a service to the blind community, which was Fleksy's original target audience.

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