70s Man Arrest Warrant Requested for Stabbing Two Police Officers with a Knife in Front of Yongsan Presidential Office

The police have requested an arrest warrant for a man in his 70s who stabbed two police officers with a weapon in front of the Presidential Office in Yongsan, Seoul.

Park Mo, who wielded a weapon at two police officers working on the outskirts of the Presidential Office in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, is being arrested and transported by the police.
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The Yongsan Police Station in Seoul announced on the 1st that they have applied for an arrest warrant for Park Mo (77) on charges of obstructing official duties causing injury.

Park is accused of shouting loudly in front of the Presidential Office at around 1:20 p.m. on the 31st of last month, and when a police officer on duty tried to stop him, he took out a weapon from his bag and stabbed one officer in the abdomen and another officer in the left arm. The injured officers were each transported to a hospital for treatment.

Park is a habitual protester near the Presidential Office and is believed to have committed the crime while attempting to file a grievance related to pension receipt.

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