Classmate of Bundang Knife Attacker "Did He Show Off His Ability... Secretly Reset Teacher's Computer"

Testimonies from classmates are continuing regarding Choi Mo (22), the suspect in the so-called Seohyeon Station stabbing rampage near Bundang Seohyeon Station.

As previously known, he was a student who did not stand out, but there were also testimonies that he showed unusual behavior.

Mr. Choi is coming out after completing the pre-arrest detention hearing (warrant review) at the Suwon District Court Seongnam Branch in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do on the afternoon of the 5th.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

According to an interview with Choi’s middle school classmate reported by JTBC on the 5th, Choi was a quiet and isolated friend who did not stand out. "He had no close friends. I never saw him hanging out or doing anything with friends," the classmate recalled.

The classmate reminisced, "He didn’t look like someone who would do such things, nor was he someone who acted strangely," and explained that he was rather close to a model student.

In fact, Choi won an award in a math competition in the third year of middle school and aimed to enter a specialized high school. He was especially known to have exceptional talent in the science field.

There were also remarks about an unexpected side of Choi. One classmate said, "He was good with computers and secretly reset the teachers’ computers in middle school," adding, "I think he wanted to show off his skills."

The classmate expressed surprise, saying, "The CCTV images from this incident were very different from the image I remembered," and "He was not the kind of person to do that, nor did he look like that."

Afterwards, Choi entered a general high school but failed to get along with friends and eventually dropped out without completing a grade. He received psychiatric treatment for social phobia for several years and was diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder in 2020. However, Choi suddenly stopped treatment and started working in delivery, and no one around remembers him now.

Meanwhile, one of the victims of the 'Bundang vehicle ramming and stabbing rampage' incident that occurred on the 3rd died on the 6th, the fourth day after the incident.

According to the Southern Gyeonggi Police Agency’s special investigation team for the stabbing rampage case, Ms. A was walking inside the sidewalk, and her husband was walking on the outer side closer to the road when Choi’s vehicle hit Ms. A from behind.

With Ms. A’s death, the police changed Choi’s charge from 'attempted murder' to 'murder, etc.' As Ms. A passed away, the number of victims in this incident changed from '14 injured' to '1 dead, 13 injured.'

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