Foreign National Who Set Fire at Home and Asked for Help Attacks Police with Weapon Upon Arrival... "Suspected Drug Use"

Police Plan to Request Search and Seizure Warrants

A foreigner who set fire to his home, then called 112 himself and wielded a weapon at the responding police officers, has been arrested and is under investigation.

The Jincheon Police Station in Chungbuk announced on the 19th that they apprehended a man in his 20s, A, of Thai nationality, on charges including obstruction of official duties and arson of an inhabited building.

A set fire to his first-floor residence in a three-story multi-family house in Jincheon-eup, Jincheon-gun, around 2:03 a.m. that day, then called the police for help.

When the police forcibly opened the locked bathroom door, A suddenly appeared and wielded a weapon.

On the morning of the 19th, the Jincheon Fire Station's on-site dispatch scene. [Image provided by Jincheon Fire Station]

Fortunately, the officer blocked the weapon with a shield he was holding, but reportedly sustained facial injuries in the process.

The fire burned part of a room about 13㎡ in size and was extinguished within about 10 minutes. It was investigated that A had set fire by bundling clothes and newspapers throughout the house.

The police believe it is highly likely that A committed the crime while hallucinating under the influence of drugs and plan to apply for a search warrant for A’s body.

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