A Man in His 50s Who Set Fire Due to Workplace Bullying Sent to Prosecution in Custody... Charged with Attempted Murder

A man accused of attempting to kill his colleagues by setting fire to his workplace due to being bullied has been handed over to the prosecution.

Seoul Yeongdeungpo Police Station
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On the 12th, the Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul sent Mr. A, a man in his 50s, into custody on the 3rd on charges of attempted murder and arson of an inhabited building.

Mr. A is accused of setting fire to a container at the Yeongdeungpo District Resource Recycling Center located in Yanghwa-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, at around 7:28 p.m. on the 25th of last month. Four employees working there suffered burns from the fire, and two of them were transported to the hospital.

Immediately after the crime, Mr. A fled to areas including Gwangmyeong-si in Gyeonggi Province and Geumcheon-gu in Seoul, but was arrested in front of his home in Singil-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, at around 8:10 p.m. on the 27th of last month, two days after the incident.

Previously, the police had applied the charge of arson of an inhabited building to Mr. A, but considering that the arson was intended to kill his workplace colleagues, they added the charge of attempted murder and referred the case to the prosecution.

During the police investigation, Mr. A reportedly stated, "I was bullied at work, so I tried to kill them all and then kill myself."

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