Police Arrest 40-Year-Old Mother for Unprovoked Assault on 7-Year-Old Son on Broad Daylight Road
[Asia Economy Reporter Minji Lee] A mother was booked by the police for repeatedly assaulting her young child on the road in broad daylight.
On the 1st, the Gwangju Police Department's Special Investigation Team for Child Abuse announced that they had booked a woman in her 40s, identified as Ms. A, without detention on charges of violating the Child Welfare Act (child abuse).
Ms. A is accused of hitting her 7-year-old son multiple times on a road in Yangsan-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, around 1:40 p.m. on the 28th of last month. The assault lasted about one minute on a street where pedestrians and cars were passing by. Many citizens who witnessed the assault, including kicking the young child, intervened to stop Ms. A and reported the incident to the police.
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The police are investigating the circumstances of the case, including the motive for the assault, based on CCTV footage from the roadside capturing the incident. The police and the responsible local government have separated the victim child from Ms. A and arranged for protection by a specialized agency.
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