"Anyone Who Tried to Harm" ... Teenager Who Wielded a Weapon at a Female Middle School Student Detained

A teenage boy was arrested on the 3rd on suspicion of attempting to kill a middle school student he had never met by wielding a weapon.

Judge Park Min of the Seoul Central District Court held a pre-arrest detention hearing for boy A at 2 p.m. that day and issued an arrest warrant, stating, "As a juvenile, there are unavoidable reasons for detention and there is a risk of flight."

According to the Seocho Police Station in Seoul, boy A is suspected of threatening middle school girl B and wielding a weapon at a walking trail in Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, around 6:10 p.m. on the 1st.

Girl B injured her finger but her life is not in danger.

Police who responded to the victim's report arrested boy A on suspicion of attempted murder at a nearby playground. He was carrying three weapons, including a kitchen knife he said he bought a week ago, and a hammer.

According to the police investigation, boy A traveled from Changwon-si, Gyeongnam Province to Seoul on the morning of the crime and committed the offense. He told the police, "I intended to harm anyone."

Based on this statement, the police judged that boy A had the intent to kill and actually attempted to carry it out, applying the charge of attempted murder in the arrest warrant.

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