10 Foreigners Arrested for 'Mass Brawl' in Downtown Gwangju

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] A group of foreigners who engaged in a mass brawl in the heart of downtown Gwangju were arrested in large numbers by the police.

The Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency's Narcotics Crime Investigation Unit announced on the 15th that they have booked 10 individuals without detention on charges of violating the Act on the Punishment of Violent Acts, including 8 ethnic Koreans of Uzbek nationality and 2 Russians.

They are accused of engaging in a street fight around 4 a.m. on the 30th of last month in front of a bar near the Old City Hall intersection in Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City.

The police secured the custody of 9 out of the 10 involved in the fight and completed their investigation, but one Russian, who is an illegal immigrant, fled and is currently being pursued.

At the scene, there were also 2 ethnic Koreans and 1 Russian who were present but are understood to have tried to stop the fight.

It was investigated that the fight broke out after a dispute over pushing each other at a bar frequently visited by foreigners.

During the incident, an American foreigner who tried to intervene was also assaulted.

The police plan to transfer the illegal Russian immigrant to the prosecution as soon as they are apprehended.

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