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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] The police have additionally apprehended a foreigner who posted threatening leaflets with the message "Do not disregard Muslims" on the wall of the French Embassy in Korea.


On the 6th, the Seoul Seodaemun Police Station announced that they arrested A (25), an accomplice who had not been caught among two foreign men who posted the threatening leaflets, in a provincial city and booked him on charges of threatening a diplomatic envoy.


They are accused of posting five leaflets on the wall of the French Embassy in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, at around 10:30 p.m. on the 1st. The leaflets contained messages such as "Do not destroy our religion" and "Those who point a sword at us shall be killed by that sword." A leaflet with a photo of French President Emmanuel Macron marked with a red pen 'X' was also found.



Meanwhile, on the 4th, the police arrested the accomplice, foreigner B (25), and applied for an arrest warrant. It is reported that B admitted to all charges during the police investigation.


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