"30s Man Surrenders After Threatening NC with Weapon Over Dissatisfaction with Game Lineage"

Office Worker Living in Chungbuk "It Was a Joke..." Surprised, Turns Himself In

A man in his 30s, Mr. A, who posted a message threatening to commit a stabbing rampage in front of the domestic game company NCSoft, surrendered to the police two days after the incident.

According to the police on the 22nd, Mr. A voluntarily turned himself in at a local police station in Chungcheong Province around 10:30 p.m. on the 21st. The man, an office worker living in Chungbuk, had complaints related to NCSoft's online game Lineage.

During the police investigation, Mr. A reportedly stated, "I wrote the post as a joke because of my dissatisfaction with the game, but after seeing media reports, I realized the situation was serious and decided to surrender."

The police plan to apply charges such as obstruction of business, threats, and obstruction of official duties by deception against Mr. A, and will investigate the specific motives, any additional offenses, and whether there were accomplices. They will also verify the credibility of Mr. A’s statements to decide whether to request an arrest warrant.

Earlier, on the 19th, Mr. A posted a murder threat message in the chat window of a game streaming YouTube channel, saying, "I am going to stab people in front of NCSoft." After this was reported to the National Police Agency’s Civil Petition Service, the Gyeongbuk Police Agency was assigned the case and began an investigation.

NCSoft issued an emergency notice advising all employees to work from home as a precautionary measure. The company also stated, "We will actively take necessary measures to ensure the safety of our employees, including increased patrols by the local police station and enhanced security through private security firms."

Recently, similar stabbing rampage threat posts have been appearing online, causing public concern. On the morning of the 21st, a post titled "I will stab people tonight at Exit 1 of Gangnam Station" was uploaded on the National Police Agency’s bulletin board on the office worker online community 'Blind.'

In response, the Cyber Terror Investigation Unit of the National Police Agency announced that at 8:32 a.m. on the 22nd, they urgently arrested Mr. B, a man in his 30s and an office worker, near his residence in Seoul. It was revealed that Mr. B is neither a former nor current police officer.

The police plan to question Mr. B about the circumstances of joining the Blind National Police Agency bulletin board and posting the message. They are also considering whether to apply charges for impersonating a public official for such actions.

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