'Police Knife Attack?' Controversy Over 'Gangnam Station Stabbing on the Evening of the 21st' Post from Police Staff Account

192 Suspects Arrested for Murder Threat Posts... 80 Are Teenagers

A post threatening a stabbing attack under the name of an active police officer has been uploaded to an online community, sparking controversy.

On the morning of the 21st, the National Police Agency received a report that a post titled "I will carry out a stabbing attack tonight at Exit 1 of Gangnam Station" was uploaded on the workplace online community 'Blind' using a police officer's account, and is currently investigating the circumstances.

Amid ongoing imitative threats involving bladed weapons, riot police officers are conducting security and patrols at Ori Station in Bundang on the afternoon of the 4th. Photo by Heo Younghan younghan@

The author wrote, "Everyone, watch out lol, I'm going to kill everyone." The post was immediately deleted. The Blind community requires workplace verification via email to join, and the verified workplace is displayed on posts.

Currently, this post is spreading online in the form of screenshots. A National Police Agency official stated, "We will verify whether the author who threatened society members and defamed the police's honor is indeed an active police officer. We will definitely identify and severely punish them."

Meanwhile, following the 'Sillim-dong weapon rampage' incident, it has been revealed that nearly 200 people have been caught by the police for posting murder threats online. As of 9 a.m. on the 21st, the National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters confirmed 431 murder threat posts nationwide, apprehended 192 authors, and detained 20 of them. Among the suspects arrested, teenagers accounted for 41.7% (80 individuals).

The police are investigating and applying charges including intimidation, special intimidation, attempted murder, and obstruction of official duties by deception, depending on the investigation details. For suspects who are juvenile offenders (aged 10 or older but under 14), although they are not subject to criminal punishment, they will be sent to the juvenile court under the Juvenile Act and receive juvenile protection measures ranging from Type 1 (custody order) to Type 10 (long-term juvenile detention center transfer).

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