Foreigners Roll Around and Exchange Fists in Downtown Gwangju... Police Investigation

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] A group assault involving foreigners occurred in downtown Gwangju, prompting the police to launch an investigation.

The Gwangju Police Agency announced on the 8th that they are tracking the whereabouts of 8 to 10 unspecified foreigners suspected of carrying out the group assault.

The incident took place around 4 a.m. on the 30th of last month on the road in front of a bar near the Gusi-cheong intersection in Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, where a fistfight and physical altercation broke out.

According to the police investigation, foreigners who had been drinking in the area since the previous night encountered each other at the bar and got into a dispute.

So far, they are presumed to be ethnic Koreans of Russian and Uzbekistani nationality, and it is understood that there is little connection to criminal organizations.

The police are focusing on tracking their movements and identifying them through analysis of closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage. No one has been apprehended yet.

The police began the investigation after receiving a report from an American national foreigner who was assaulted while trying to break up the fight recently.

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