A Middle School Student Who Assaulted Peers with Elementary Students... Police Officer Dispatched Also Kicked

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hyowon] The Gyeyang Police Station in Incheon announced on the 8th that they have booked a middle school student, A (15), without detention on charges of joint assault and obstruction of official duties under the Act on the Punishment of Violent Acts.

A is accused of assaulting B (16), a female middle school student, by pulling and pushing her body with her hands on a street in Gyeyang-gu, Gyesan-dong, Incheon, around 6:30 PM on the 6th.

Two elementary school students, including C (12), were also investigated for participating in the assault on B together with A.

It was confirmed that A kicked a police officer's thigh during the process of being arrested on the spot by the police who responded to the report.

The perpetrators, including A, and B knew each other through a runaway youth group on social networking services (SNS). A and others called B out on the day, claiming that B had spoken ill of their appearances, and assaulted her when she tried to escape by taxi.

The police plan to send two elementary school students, including C, who are offenders aged 10 or older but under 14 (juvenile offenders exempt from criminal punishment), to the family court juvenile division.

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