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Fire Extinguisher Discharged at Claw Machine
Seoul Western District Court Imposes 5 Million Won Fine

A woman in her 50s who sprayed a fire extinguisher at a claw machine store after getting angry that her cohabitant was spending a lot of money on claw machines was sentenced to a fine.

On the 17th, Judge Kang Seong-su of the Criminal Division 1 at the Seoul Western District Court announced that A (56), who was recently indicted on charges of property damage and obstruction of business, was sentenced to a fine of 5 million won. A was prosecuted for spraying a fire extinguisher at nine claw machines at an unmanned claw machine store in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, around 8:20 p.m. on June 23 last year.

She committed this act because her cohabitant was spending too much money on claw machines. The store owner reportedly suffered business disruption as they could not open the store until 6 p.m. the next day due to cleaning up the fire extinguisher powder.

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Spraying a fire extinguisher for reasons other than fire suppression can lead to punishment. Last month in Incheon, 11 middle school students were caught by the police for causing a disturbance by spraying fire extinguisher powder four times within a month in an apartment underground parking lot.

They are suspected of spraying fire extinguisher powder four times from late December last year to the 21st of last month in the underground parking lot of an apartment in Namdong-gu, Incheon, causing damage to 41 vehicles. During police investigations, they reportedly stated, "We sprayed the fire extinguisher powder as a joke for fun." The police decided to refer five of the 11 who directly participated in the crime.

Also, in Namdong-gu, Incheon, on the 26th of last month, two men in their 20s are under police investigation for assault after spraying fire extinguisher powder at four female students?one elementary school student and three middle school students?in a commercial building. At that time, it is known that one of them sprayed the powder while the other recorded a video using a mobile phone. The victims were on the emergency stairs of the building when they were doused with fire extinguisher powder.

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The students complained of breathing difficulties and skin inflammation symptoms and received treatment at a hospital. The men are employees of stores located in the building and did not know the students. Initially, the men stated that they sprayed the fire extinguisher because they saw smoke near the emergency exit but later partially retracted their statements, saying they filmed it as a joke. The police stated that the charges could be changed to injury depending on the extent of the students' injuries.

Earlier this month, a man in his 60s, A, who sprayed a fire extinguisher inside an Airport Railroad train while intoxicated and caused harm to passengers, was sentenced to six months in prison with a two-year probation in the first trial.

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