"Delivery has arrived~" When coming out to collect... 40-year-old man hits head down

Unprovoked Assault on a Stranger Woman
One Hour Stakeout with Fake Delivery Box

A man in his 40s who indiscriminately assaulted a woman in her 50s who came out to collect a fake delivery left in front of an apartment entrance has been arrested by the police.

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The Cheongju Cheongwon Police Station announced on the 26th that they had arrested a man in his 40s, identified as A, on charges of special injury for indiscriminately assaulting a woman he did not know with a blunt weapon.

A is accused of repeatedly striking the head of a woman in her 50s, B, with a blunt weapon around 2:10 p.m. on the 20th in front of an apartment unit in Juseong-dong, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju City, after she opened the door to collect a delivery.

The police responded to a report from B’s son, who was inside the house at the time, and after analyzing CCTV footage, tracked A’s movements and arrested him at his home three days later.

B was seriously injured and taken to the hospital but is reported to be in stable condition without life-threatening injuries.

Investigations revealed that A left a fake delivery box at the door and waited for about an hour on the stairs next to the entrance. He attacked B when she opened the door and lowered her head to collect the package.

It was also confirmed that after the assault, A changed clothes several times to evade police pursuit.

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The two were strangers to each other.

During police questioning, A stated, "I went to the address mistaking it for someone else," but has not disclosed who his original target was.

A police official said, "Considering that A has many debts and the incident occurred in an apartment where wealthy people live, we are not ruling out the possibility that the motive was extortion," adding, "The exact motive is under investigation."

Meanwhile, on the 13th, a man in his 20s was sentenced to prison in Wonju, Gangwon Province, after violently assaulting a woman in her 40s who accidentally bumped into him on the street, knocking her unconscious, and also attacking her companions who tried to intervene.

As indiscriminate assaults against women continue, President Yoon Seok-yeol instructed on the 12th to "swiftly promote measures to expand the disclosure of personal information of perpetrators of violent crimes against women."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.