50-Year-Old Woman Who Wielded a Weapon at Lee Jae-myung's Hunger Strike Site Indicted and Detained

A woman in her 50s who injured a police officer by wielding a weapon at the protest site during Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea's, hunger strike has been brought to trial.

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The Criminal Division 1 of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Kim Hyung-won) announced on the 6th that Kim (56, female) was arrested and indicted on charges of causing injury while obstructing official duties.

Kim is accused of causing injuries requiring 1 to 3 weeks of treatment by wielding a weapon at three police officers who tried to stop her after she caused a disturbance in front of the hunger strike site of Lee Jae-myung, set up in front of the National Assembly main building, on the afternoon of the 14th of last month. Lee's hunger strike lasted for 24 days, from August 31 to the 23rd of last month.

The injured police officers were transported to the hospital at the time, and one of them underwent suturing surgery due to severe wounds.

During the police investigation, Yeongdeungpo Police Station applied for an arrest warrant for Kim on the 15th of last month, and the court issued the warrant, citing a "risk of flight."

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