Middle School Archer Who Shot Arrow at Junior Submits Petition to Quit Athlete Training

Recently Received Disciplinary Action at School

The clothes (left) and back wounds of a junior player who was hit by a practice arrow shot by the captain of the archery team at a middle school in Yecheon, Gyeongbuk, on the 4th of last month. / Photo by KBS

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] A middle school archery team member in Yecheon, Gyeongbuk, who injured a junior by shooting an arrow, has reportedly expressed his intention to suspend his activities.

According to the Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education on the 10th, the middle school where the incident occurred recently held a school violence committee meeting and issued a disciplinary action to the perpetrator, student A, who injured the junior.

The disciplinary actions range from No. 1 (written apology) to No. 9 (forced transfer). However, it has not been disclosed which level of disciplinary action student A received.

After receiving the disciplinary action, student A reportedly submitted a letter of withdrawal from athletic activities to the Yecheon Archery Association.

The incident took place on the 4th of last month at a middle school in Yecheon. Student A, who was the captain of the school's archery team, aimed a practice arrow at his first-year junior, student B, from a distance of about 3 meters. The arrow pierced through the victim’s training uniform, grazed his back causing an injury, and then fell to the ground.

In relation to this, the family of student B posted a message on the official bulletin board of the Korea Archery Association’s website urging for strict punishment of the perpetrator.

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A netizen who identified himself as the victim student’s older brother wrote in the post, "Please make sure the perpetrator student never holds a bow again," and expressed outrage, saying, "I believe that such a school violence perpetrator, or rather an attempted murderer who shot my younger brother with a bow, has no right to hold a bow again."

He explained, "My younger brother was a child who loved archery and had been practicing it since early elementary school," adding, "Recently, I happened to see a large wound on his back, so I asked him what the injury was. He looked around nervously and said it was nothing. Then, about one to two weeks later, he told me that a senior from the archery team had shot an arrow at him."

He continued, "At first, my parents were willing to settle if an apology was made, but the other party’s parents responded arrogantly, which made my parents very angry and led them to report the matter to the media," and added, "I heard that the perpetrator’s side requested a settlement on the grounds that if the issue escalated, the archery team would be disbanded."

Student B’s father also claimed in an interview on CBS’s 'Kim Hyunjung’s News Show' on the 23rd of last month, "When I visited the president of the Gyeongbuk Archery Association, he said, ‘It’s a festive atmosphere, so we shouldn’t spoil it. Let’s just let it go,’" and "The coach had previously refused to prevent recurrence even when other victim students’ parents came to ask for help."

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