Robber Disguised as Delivery Worker Demands 100 Million Won Holding Elementary Student Home Alone as Hostage

A man in his 30s who disguised himself as a delivery driver to break into a home and took an elementary school student who was alone in the house hostage, demanding 100 million won from the parents, was arrested by the police. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Nahana] A man in his 30s who disguised himself as a delivery worker during the weekday daytime, broke into a home, threatened an elementary school student who was alone at home with a weapon, and demanded 100 million won from the parents was arrested by the police.

On the 27th, the police announced that they had arrested and were investigating A (37) on charges of special robbery for breaking into an apartment home, taking an elementary school student hostage, and demanding money from the parents.

According to the police, A broke into an apartment in the Gangneung area at around 1:30 PM on the 26th, tied up the elementary school student who was alone, threatened them with a weapon, and then called the parents to demand 100 million won.

A introduced himself as a delivery worker and entered the house where the child was alone. While demanding money, A took the elementary school student’s mobile phone and the cash inside the house and fled, but was caught by the police around 6 PM.

The police plan to apply for an arrest warrant after investigating A’s motive for the crime and other details.

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