"Due to Ignoring by Colleagues" 'Knife Attack Threat' Leads to Another Arrest... This Time a Man in His 40s

Gangwon Police Agency Arrests Man in His 40s at Home in Eumseong, Chungbuk
"Colleague Ignored Me," Statement and Evidence of Crime Found
Strict Policy to Punish Even Online Threat Posts Severely

Every time someone posts a 'knife attack warning' on SNS, they are immediately caught by the police. On the 11th, the Gangwon Provincial Police Agency announced that Mr. A (43) was arrested on charges of attempted murder and intimidation. Mr. A is suspected of causing fear among an unspecified number of people by posting comments such as "I will carry out a knife attack in Eumseong, Chungbuk" on YouTube on the 3rd.

The police obtained an arrest warrant based on posts Mr. A made on other internet sites. He was apprehended at his home in Eumseong, Chungbuk, on the 8th. During the police investigation, Mr. A reportedly stated, "I did it because I felt my coworkers were ignoring me." The police found a weapon at his residence, and based on digital forensic results indicating he intended to target specific individuals, they added the charge of attempted murder and applied for an arrest warrant.

Meanwhile, cases of individuals being caught by the police after posting knife attack warnings continue to occur steadily. Recently, the Gwangsan Police Station in Gwangju booked one 20-year-old man and two high school students on charges of posting messages about carrying out a knife attack. The Osan Police Station also arrested a man in his 20s, Mr. A, who posted a message saying, "No warning for the Yongsan knife attack, right? Stay tuned." Following consecutive incidents of weapon assaults at Sillim Station in Seoul last month and Seohyeon Station in Bundang, the police warned that they would track down and severely punish those who write such warning posts online.

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