Mokpo Coast Guard Urgently Arrests Suspect in Onboard Assault

Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Kim Hae-cheol) announced on the 26th that suspect A, who stabbed a fellow crew member with a weapon, was urgently arrested on charges of attempted murder.

Mokpo Coast Guard urgently transferred the victim of assault on board, Mr. C, to a large hospital using a coastal rescue boat and a Coast Guard helicopter.
[Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard]

On the 25th at 6:32 PM, Mokpo Maritime Police received a report that suspect A (in his 40s) had an argument with victim C (in his 40s) on board vessel B (15 tons, coastal gillnet) near Heuksando, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, and after moving to the cabin, A chased C and stabbed him multiple times in the neck with a weapon.

At 8:11 PM that day, the maritime police urgently arrested suspect A on charges of attempted murder and confiscated the weapon used in the crime at the scene.

Meanwhile, victim B, who suffered heavy bleeding, was given emergency treatment using a coastal rescue boat and the maritime police helicopter (B-520), and was urgently transported to a large hospital on land.

Mokpo Maritime Police are conducting investigations with suspect A, the captain, and other related personnel.

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