"Children's Fight Escalates into Assault Case: 'Husband Brutally Beaten in Front of Kids'"

A Man Assaults Another in Apartment Complex
Children Scream, Despite Intervention He Chokes Saying "I'll Kill You"
"Threatened Even at Emergency Room... Also Mocked at School"

A video showing a man indiscriminately assaulting another man in an apartment complex in the Seoul metropolitan area has spread, causing shock, and it has been identified that the conflict among children escalated to their fathers.

Recently, a post titled “My husband was assaulted in front of our child” was uploaded on an online community. The author posted two more related posts, claiming that on the 22nd of last month, her husband, Mr. A, was severely injured after being unilaterally assaulted.

[Image source=Online community Bobae Dream capture]

The 21-second video released shows a location presumed to be an apartment flower bed, where several children are watching as one man pushes another, punches him, and knocks him down, violently assaulting him.

Several people were around at the time. The children screamed repeatedly, saying “Stop it,” and a woman tried to separate them but was overwhelmed. The voice of a child saying “Call 112 quickly” was also captured.

According to the author, the incident unfolded as follows: while children were playing soccer in the apartment complex, the author’s son, a fifth grader, and another child in fourth grade had a verbal dispute.

Then, the father of the fourth grader, Mr. B, threatened the author’s child, saying, “Are you really that strong? I will take you to older guys to get punished. Your parents won’t be left alone either.”

Upon receiving a call from his son about this, Mr. A arrived at the scene, and Mr. B’s assault began immediately. The author said, “While Mr. B and the children’s grandmother were talking, my husband arrived, and the children at the soccer field told him, ‘Mr. B threatened and intimidated us.’”

She added, “As soon as my husband started to say, ‘Let me hear your side,’ Mr. B shouted, ‘Who the hell are you!’ and struck his neck, starting a brutal assault,” and claimed, “The indiscriminate assault continued in front of our children, their grandmother, and dozens of children in the complex.”

She continued, “He said he would ‘kill him,’ strangled my husband until he lost consciousness, pressed his body down with his knee, and stomped on his face with his foot, causing severe facial injuries,” and “He was wearing slippers during the assault, but when his foot slipped, he asked his wife for sneakers, and she brought them.”

She also said, “Mr. B’s son shouted, ‘Don’t stop my dad while he’s winning,’ and insulted and mocked our crying child, saying, ‘Your dad got beaten, his face got smashed,’” and “His wife also pushed my mother, who tried to stop her husband, causing bruises and injuries.”

Person A being assaulted. [Image source=Online community BobaeDream capture]

According to the author, Mr. B even went to the emergency room where Mr. A was taken and continued to threaten him. Mr. B said he would also get a medical certificate, claimed “He needs to be hit more,” and threatened “I will kill you,” continuing his verbal abuse and threats in the emergency room. Eventually, Mr. A suffered acute renal failure during hospitalization and underwent additional brain nerve examinations due to symptoms such as headaches and tinnitus.

The author also said that Mr. B’s son mocked and insulted their child at school with phrases like “Their dad got beaten,” causing the child distress, and added, “The child keeps crying, saying ‘Dad, I’m sorry, Dad, I’m sorry,’ thinking it was his fault that his dad ended up like this.”

The author wrote, “It is an indescribably humiliating and devastating feeling. Our child and mother are all in hell right now,” and “All the children in the apartment complex were also shocked. The children cried out at the scene, and even though we tried to intervene together, it was no use.”

The incident was reportedly filed with the police as mutual assault. On the 31st, the police told Chosun.com, “This is currently under investigation,” and “Both parties have expressed their intention to be accompanied by lawyers during the investigation.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.