Citizen Who Protected Bundang Stabbing Victim: "I Was Scared the Perpetrator Might Come Back"

Teenager Yoon Do-il who helped stop bleeding of Bundang victim
"Stayed at the scene until police and ambulance arrived"

On the afternoon of the 3rd at 6 PM near AK Plaza at Seohyeon Station in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province, citizen Yoon Do-il (18), who witnessed a stabbing, said, "I heard screams and ran over to find a woman collapsed, so I stopped the bleeding," adding, "She had already lost so much blood that she was almost losing consciousness."

At the scene of the stabbing, Yoon helped stop the bleeding of the victim who was bleeding and collapsed. On the 4th, Yoon appeared on CBS Radio's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' and said, "I was scared that the perpetrator might come back, but I trusted the police and kept applying pressure to stop the bleeding," adding, "I pressed hard on her abdomen to stop the bleeding and stayed there until the paramedics arrived."

Yoon recalled the situation, saying, "I did not witness the perpetrator wielding the weapon or the victim being stabbed," and "Everyone was noisy and looking back while running away. I wondered what was happening in the square, so I ran toward that direction."

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]

Yoon added, "While I was stopping the bleeding, the perpetrator tried to come back toward the square from the left but, not wanting to be caught, saw the police and ran away," and "About 20 to 30 police officers chased after the perpetrator to catch him."

Yoon said, "The incident site is a place frequently used by residents of Bundang-gu," and "Among friends, there are many stories about how scary it is."

According to the police on that day, the suspect Choi (22), who carried out the stabbing at Seohyeon Station, drove a vehicle onto the sidewalk near AK Plaza at Seohyeon Station in Bundang-gu, hitting pedestrians, then entered the station and wielded a weapon. Fourteen citizens were injured in this incident.

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