Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Man in His 60s in 'Gangnam Officetel Mother-Daughter Murder' Case... "Risk of Flight"

During Relationship, Stabbed Partner After "Let's Break Up" Notice
Claims "Accidental Crime"

Park Mo (65), who is accused of murdering a mother and daughter at an officetel in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, at the end of last month, has been arrested by the police.

On the 2nd at 2 p.m., Judge Choi Minhye of the Seoul Central District Court conducted a pre-arrest detention hearing for Park, who is charged with murder, and issued an arrest warrant citing "risk of flight."

According to the police, Park is accused of stabbing a woman in her 60s, Ms. A, and her daughter in her 30s to death with a weapon at an office on the 6th floor of an officetel in Gangnam-gu around 6:16 p.m. on the 30th of last month.

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Park was reportedly in a relationship with Ms. A. It is said that Ms. A met Park at her office with her daughter to convey her intention to end the relationship, which led to the incident.

Park fled immediately after the crime but was arrested by the police around 7:45 a.m. the next day, about 13 hours later, near Namtaeryeong Station in Seocho-gu.

When being transported to the police station, he claimed to reporters that the crime was impulsive.

At 1:26 p.m. that day, wearing a black hat and mask, Park got off the transport vehicle and responded to reporters' questions about whether he committed the crime out of anger after being told to break up by saying that "(the daughter among the victims) made a phone call to her husband, which led to the crime."

He did not answer questions such as "What kind of conversation did you have with the victims on the day of the crime?" and entered the courthouse.

A man in his 60s, Park Mo, who is accused of murdering a mother and daughter and fleeing from an officetel in Gangnam, is attending a pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant hearing) held at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 2nd.
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