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Armed Man Arrested in Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province: Latest Weapon Riot Incident

In Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province, a man in his 40s was caught wandering the streets with a weapon. /online community

While social uneasiness is growing due to the weapon riot at Seohyeon Station in Bundang on the 3rd, a man in his 40s was caught by the police in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, wandering the streets with a weapon.

Gyeonggi Yongin Dongbu Police Station announced on the 4th that it had arrested and investigated a man in his 40s as a current criminal on charges of special obstruction of justice.

According to the police, at around 9:38 pm on the same day, a 112 report came in that a man was walking around with a weapon on a road in Pogok-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si. The police arrived at the scene four minutes after the report and found Mr. A with a weapon. Mr. A threatened the police officers who were trying to subdue her, brandishing her weapon, and the police subdued Mr. A in 3 minutes and arrested him as a red-handed criminal around 9:45.

Mr. A did not wield a weapon at the citizens, so it was found that there were no casualties.

A man in his 40s holding a weapon. /online community

According to an eyewitness story posted on an online community, Mr. A was carrying a knife in an alley in a neighborhood connected to a mart and a bar, and when the police were dispatched, he fled about 500m and was caught. Witnesses said the case was closed without a victim thanks to a quick report.

According to the photo posted with the eyewitness account, the man was standing on the road holding a weapon while wearing a white short-sleeved T-shirt and black shorts. In another photo, he was being handcuffed from behind and climbing into a police car. The video also showed Mr. A walking around with a weapon, and Mr. A approached the entrance of a building and kicked the locked door several times. During this process, the citizens around him were looking at Mr. A’s behavior incredulously.

A man holding a weapon kicks the front door of a building. /online community

It is said that Mr. A showed gibberish at the time of his arrest. The police plan to conduct a mental evaluation on Mr. A and investigate the details of the incident.

Meanwhile, on the morning of the same day, a man in his 20s who was carrying a weapon was caught by the police in the waiting room of an express terminal in Seocho-gu, Seoul. He had two kitchen knives, and it was confirmed that there were no casualties.

2023-08-04 15:28:00
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