By Kim Da-hee

A group of drunken Chinese men assaulted two ethnic Koreans from China with beer bottles for eating Korean food, police said Friday.

The attackers fled before police arrived. The victims had minor injuries. Police are tracking down the attackers using CCTV footages.

Police said the incident happened about 9 p.m. at a restaurant in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, where two Korean-Chinese were eating Korean BBQ. Then, four Chinese men assaulted them with beer bottles.

Polices said the alleged reason for the assault was odd: having Korean BBQ.

"After asking us why Chinese people are eating Korean food, the drunken Chinese men hit us," a victim, 31, told police. "They then ran away."