Police Request Arrest Warrant for 50-Year-Old Man in Lodging Facility Knife Rampage... Charged with Attempted Murder

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] The police have requested an arrest warrant for a man in his 50s who went on a stabbing rampage at a lodging facility. The charge has also been changed from aggravated assault to attempted murder.

The Gwangju Dongbu Police Station announced on the 5th that they have applied for an arrest warrant for A (54) on charges of attempted murder and aggravated obstruction of official duties causing injury, for stabbing another guest with a weapon at a lodging facility and assaulting responding police officers.

A is accused of stabbing B, a male guest in his 40s staying in another room, twice with a weapon at a lodging facility in Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, at around 10:10 p.m. the previous day. He is also charged with swinging the weapon at the police officers who responded to the call, causing facial injuries.

The police believe that A went to B’s room because of noise complaints and stabbed him with a weapon, then chased after B as he tried to escape and stabbed him once more.

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