"I Endured Until I Heard 'You Can Let Go Now'... Teenage Heroes Who Stopped the Bleeding of the Seohyeon Station Victim"

Yoon Do-il and Eum Jun Help Female Victim Stop Bleeding
"Only Thought Was to Save and Help"

On the afternoon of the 3rd, a random stabbing rampage occurred at the AK Plaza department store in Seohyeon-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do. Amid the indiscriminate attacks, there were teenagers who helped the victims. The protagonists are Yoon Do-il (18) and Eum Jun (19).

Yoon said that around 6 p.m. that day, he was passing near Seohyeon Station with Eum when they witnessed the scene of the incident. Yoon said, "I saw people murmuring and running, and even employees in uniforms running away."

Yoon Do-il (18), who helped stop the bleeding of the victims during the random stabbing incident in Seohyeon-dong. [Image provided by Yoon Do-il]

At first, thinking it was just a simple fight and wanting to intervene, he headed to the plaza, but in front of his eyes appeared a young man and woman lying down bleeding. He reportedly thought, "Let's save the injured first," and applied pressure to stop the bleeding of the woman, who appeared to be in much more serious condition, for about 30 minutes.

Yoon said, "The woman's white pants were soaked with blood, and the man was trying to stop his own bleeding. Her body was very cold." He added, "I pressed the wounded areas of the victims strongly with my hands to stop the bleeding for 30 minutes. Until the paramedics arrived, all I could do was stop the bleeding."

He also said, "At first, there was no one around (except the victims), and I was scared because so much blood was coming out while stopping the bleeding," but he stayed by the victim's side continuously.

On the afternoon of the 3rd, police are controlling access at the scene of a random stabbing incident near Seohyeon Station in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Meanwhile, Eum was watching to see if the attacker with the weapon would come back. Eum explained, "While Do-il was stopping the bleeding, I watched to see if the perpetrator would return. The man with the weapon seemed to go to the second floor and then come back down to the first floor, and the police chased him."

During the first aid, when the injured woman's mother called, they answered on her behalf and explained the situation. Yoon said, "Her parents kept calling, so I told them, 'Your daughter is lying down at Seohyeon Station plaza right now, so you should come quickly.'"

They reportedly only got up after the paramedics arrived at the scene and said, "You can let go now." They stayed for nearly an hour until the victim's mother arrived and the mother and daughter got on the ambulance together.

Yoon said, "Seeing her bleeding and lying down, all I thought was 'I have to help,' and seeing her stabbed with a knife, all I thought was 'I have to save her.' The victim's condition was very bad, so I hope she recovers safely, and I hope such incidents do not happen again."

The scene at Seohyeon Station in Seongnam City where a stabbing incident occurred on the evening of the 3rd. Early morning on the 4th, a citizen is passing by the scene on their way to work. Photo by Heo Younghan younghan@

According to the police, at 6:03 p.m. that day, a Morning vehicle drove onto the sidewalk in front of Bundang AK Plaza department store. The man driving the car then entered the department store and wielded a weapon at citizens. The suspect was identified as Choi, a delivery worker born in 2001.

Choi, who was urgently arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, said, "An unknown group hired me to commit a murder, so I committed the crime." It was reported that a preliminary drug test came back negative.

According to the police on the 4th, Choi was diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder, and the crime was understood to be due to mental illness such as delusions of persecution. The police plan to apply for an arrest warrant after further questioning the suspect today.

As a result of this crime, 14 citizens were injured (9 by the weapon and 5 by the car collision), and 2 are reported to be in critical condition.

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