Suspect in Daerim-dong Money Dispute Murder Claims Crime Was Impulsive... Arrest Warrant to Be Requested

Police Arrest Suspect on Murder and Attempted Murder Charges on the 2nd
Relationship Between Creditor and Debtor, Financial Issues Seem to Be Motive

It has been confirmed that a man who fatally stabbed another man with a weapon in Daerim-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, stated that the crime was committed impulsively.

On the 2nd, the Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul arrested a man in his 60s, Mr. A, on charges of murder and attempted murder and is currently investigating.

The police announced that they plan to apply for an arrest warrant for Mr. A in the afternoon.

Seoul Yeongdeungpo Police Station [Photo by Yonhap News]

According to the police, Mr. A is reportedly claiming that he committed the crime impulsively after a dispute over money.

Mr. A admits to the act itself but insists that it was not a premeditated murder.

Mr. A is accused of stabbing a man in his 60s to death with a weapon at a multi-family house in Daerim-dong the previous afternoon. He is also accused of injuring a man in his 40s and a man in his 50s with the weapon. Both the suspect and the victims are Chinese nationals. The police, who responded to the report at around 2:37 p.m. the previous day, arrested Mr. A at the scene after about five minutes of confrontation.

It is reported that Mr. A and the victims had a creditor-debtor relationship. They had a dispute over money, during which Mr. A wielded the weapon.

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