70s Man Stabs with Weapon in Front of Lee Jae-myung's Office at the National Assembly

As Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, continues his prolonged hunger strike, on the 15th, a man in his 70s went on a stabbing rampage in front of the party leader's office inside the National Assembly main building where Lee is staging his hunger strike.

On the 15th, members of the National Assembly staff are restraining a citizen wielding a weapon, claiming that they are writing a blood letter in front of the office of Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, who is on a hunger strike.
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According to political circles on that day, around noon, a man in his 70s named Kim was subdued by staff while attempting to write a blood letter with a weapon in front of the Democratic Party leader's office at the National Assembly in Yeouido.

Kim, who identified himself as a "farmer," caused a disturbance saying "the country is collapsing," and reportedly tried to self-harm his thumb to write the blood letter. Fortunately, the staff were unharmed.

The paper he was holding contained phrases criticizing the People Power Party and the Yoon Seok-yeol administration.

Kim was ordered to leave and moved outside the National Assembly.

The day before, a woman in her 50s named Kim visited Lee's hunger strike site and swung scissors in front of the National Assembly main building, injuring two police officers. Two National Assembly security guards were injured on their arms and backs of their hands by the scissors wielded by Kim and were transported by 119 ambulance.

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