30s Arrested at Dongdaegu Station for Possessing 'Weapon and Murder Note'... Prosecution Requests Additional Arrest Warrants for 5 People

On the 7th, a man in his 30s who was wandering around Dongdaegu Station carrying a memo containing content about a weapon and murder was arrested and detained.

On the 9th, the Criminal Division 2 of Daegu District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Shin Jong-gon) announced that on the 7th, A (31), who was wandering around the Dongdaegu Station plaza and waiting room carrying a memo about murder and a weapon such as a kitchen knife with the intent to kill unspecified multiple people, and threatened a social service worker at Dongdaegu Station with the kitchen knife, was arrested on charges of attempted murder and special intimidation after a detention warrant was requested and issued that day.

Seoul Seocho-dong, Supreme Prosecutors' Office building. Photo by Younghan Heo younghan@

On the 7th at around 3:52 p.m., A was caught by the railroad police after a social service worker discovered him dropping the weapon from his bag while trying to take it out at the Dongdaegu Station plaza.

Lee Sang-oh, the judge in charge of the warrant at Daegu District Court, conducted a warrant hearing for A that morning and issued the detention warrant, citing "risk of flight."

Since a weapon rampage incident occurred near Sillim Station in Gwanak-gu, Seoul on the 21st of last month, the prosecution and police have been tracking and arresting individuals who posted online messages threatening to commit similar crimes, detaining them after examining the specificity and seriousness of the criminal facts. These individuals have been charged with intimidation, obstruction of official duties by deception, and attempted murder.

On the 6th, Prosecutor General Lee Won-seok held an emergency meeting at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office and instructed, "Regarding online threat messages targeting the general public indiscriminately nationwide, apply all applicable criminal laws including intimidation, attempted murder, and obstruction of official duties by deception, and thoroughly investigate the motives, backgrounds, means, and methods of the crimes, actively considering detention investigations."

According to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, recently the prosecution and police have detained six people on charges including intimidation, obstruction of official duties by deception, and attempted murder for announcing 'murder' or 'weapon rampage' against the general public indiscriminately online.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office requested warrants from the police and detained a 26-year-old man on the 27th of last month who threatened to murder 20 women at Sillim Station in Seoul. Also, a 19-year-old man who threatened to kill police officers at Seoul Express Bus Terminal Station while carrying two kitchen knives was detained on the 6th, and a 31-year-old man who announced a weapon rampage at Hyehwa Station in Seoul was detained on the 7th. A 29-year-old man who announced a weapon rampage at Sillim Station was also detained the day before.

The Incheon District Prosecutors' Office detained a 40-year-old man on the 7th who threatened to murder 10 women at Bupyeong Rodeo Street, and the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office detained a 19-year-old man who announced a weapon rampage at an amusement park the day before. It is known that five suspects nationwide had detention warrants requested on the same charges that day, and the number of detention cases is expected to increase in the future.

Meanwhile, on the same day, the Ministry of Justice announced plans to pursue a legislative amendment to establish punishment provisions for public intimidation acts such as murder threat messages.

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