70-Year-Old Man Stabbed with Knife at Sangbong Station, 20s Male Suspect Arrested

On the 23rd, it was announced that a warrant for the arrest of a man in his 20s, identified as A, was requested on suspicion of stabbing another passenger with a weapon during an altercation at the subway platform of Jungnang Police Station in Seoul.

According to the police, A is accused of stabbing the thigh of a man in his 70s, identified as B, with a weapon during a dispute after bumping shoulders at the Sangbong Station platform on Line 7 of the Seoul subway in Jungnang-gu at around 3:28 p.m. the previous day, and then fleeing the scene (special assault).

Immediately after the incident, A fled by taking a train from the Sangbong Station platform on the Gyeongui-Jungang Line but was apprehended by the police at his home in Guri-si, Gyeonggi Province, at 6:35 p.m., three hours later.

A was found to have used a tool with a short blade at the tip, typically used for opening mail, as the weapon. During police questioning, A stated, "I usually carry a knife to cut Post-it notes when reading books."

Based on A's statement that "the crime was committed impulsively out of anger during a fight," the police presume that this incident is not a random or senseless crime (crime with abnormal motives).

The police also reported that a preliminary drug test conducted on A came back negative.

The police plan to continue investigating whether A had premeditated the crime through forensic analysis of his mobile phone and other means.

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