Four Foreigners Arrested for Wielding Weapons Allegedly in Retaliatory Assault

In a park in Gwangju, a group of foreign gangs carried out a collective retaliatory assault and were apprehended by the police. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Min Jun-young] Four Azerbaijani nationals who retaliated with violence and wielded weapons against a Kazakhstani man in a park in Gwangju have been arrested by the police.

The Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station has detained and is investigating four Azerbaijani nationals, including A (23), on charges of stabbing a foreign peer with a weapon (special injury, etc.).

At around 4:35 PM on the 19th, A and his group are accused of stabbing B (22), a Kazakhstani national, in the thigh with a weapon and fleeing at Sanjeong Park-ro, Wolgok-dong, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju.

According to the police, at around midnight on the same day, A and his group got into an altercation with a group of five Kazakhstani individuals associated with B and were reportedly subjected to a group assault.

The police believe that A’s group retaliated out of resentment for being assaulted and are investigating the exact motive behind the crime.

The police plan to detain additional foreigners who associated with A and B and participated in the group violence, clarify the exact circumstances of the incident, and then apply for arrest warrants.

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