20s Male Arrested for Assaulting Female Convenience Store Worker Saying "Feminists Deserve to Be Hit"

A man in his 20s who violently assaulted a convenience store part-time worker and a customer was arrested at the scene and has been detained.

According to the Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency and Jinju Police Station on the 6th, the judge in charge of warrants issued an arrest warrant for Mr. A, who was arrested on charges of special assault and property damage, citing concerns that he might flee.

Screenshot of CCTV footage from the crime scene. [Photo by Yonhap News]

Mr. A was caught on the night of the 4th at around 12:10 a.m. for assaulting Ms. B, a woman in her 20s working part-time at a convenience store in Hadae-dong, Jinju City, by punching and kicking her.

He is also accused of damaging Ms. B’s mobile phone and destroying items such as chairs inside the convenience store. Mr. A also violently assaulted Mr. C, a male customer in his 50s who tried to stop him, and struck him with a chair inside the store.

As a result of Mr. A’s assault, Ms. B suffered a sprain and ligament damage in her arm and injuries to her ear, while Mr. C sustained fractures to his shoulder, forehead, and nose.

At the time of the crime, Mr. A was intoxicated and reportedly made remarks to Ms. B such as, “Seeing your short hair, you must be a feminist,” and “I’m part of a men's solidarity group, but feminists need to be beaten a bit.”

The term feminist refers to a person who follows or advocates feminism, an ideology that resists oppression imposed on women by a sexist and male-centered social structure and seeks to achieve gender equality.

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