Man Arrested for Stabbing Neighbors in South Korea Apartment Building: Police Uncover Motive Related to Internet Gambling

Police arrested a man in his 30s who stabbed three neighbors living in the same apartment building one after another with a weapon, killing two. The Gyeonggi-do Siheung Police Station announced on the 11th that it had arrested and investigated Mr. A (39, Chinese nationality) as a criminal on charges of murder and attempted murder, preliminary murder, and special threats. Mr. A is accused of stabbing his neighbor, Mr. B, in his 40s, after strangling him to pass out on the 4th floor of an apartment in Siheung, where he lives, around 8:00 pm on the 10th. He is also accused of going up to the 13th floor and stabbing another neighbor, a woman in her 70s and a woman in her 60s, with a weapon. Because of her, Mr. C and Mr. D died, and Mr. B was seriously injured and is receiving hospital treatment. As a result of the police investigation, it was confirmed that she and Mr. A were gambling on the Internet with Mr. B, the first target of the crime. Mr. A testified to the police that he had lost 80 million won worth of internet gambling through Mr. B’s introduction and lost an additional 1 million won on the day of the incident. In response, Mr. A argued that she was angry and had a fight with Mr. B, and eventually swung a weapon at Mr. B. Mr. A knew that Mr. B had died right after the first crime, and after deciding to kill other neighbors who were usually not in a good mood, she went to the neighbors on the 7th and 14th floors. However, when both houses were empty, she went to the 13th floor and killed Mr. C, followed by Mr. D from the next door. It is known that Mr. A borrowed a cell phone from Mr. C from time to time to gamble on the Internet, and that he and Mr. D sometimes played hwatu. Meanwhile, after the crime, Mr. A went out of the apartment and threatened the students in front of an elementary school, asking them to “call a taxi,” but the police, who were dispatched after receiving a report from the students, found Mr. A holding a weapon at 8:55 the same night. arrested as a felon. The police estimate that Mr. A acquired permanent residency in Korea about 10 years ago, and since then lived alone in this apartment and lost a lot of money due to internet gambling. Reporter Kim Ki-seong [email protected]