"Hey, you old f***" Middle school student assaults and verbally abuses elderly on subway, sparking public outrage

Teenagers, presumed to be middle school students, are seen grabbing an elderly woman from behind on the subway while verbally abusing and mocking her. Photo by YouTube capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] The police have launched an investigation after a video showing middle school students verbally abusing elderly people, including grandmothers and grandfathers, by calling them "siXXa" and physically assaulting them in public places such as the Uijeongbu Light Rail Transit went viral online.

The middle school students grabbed a grandmother's neck from behind and threw her onto the subway floor, and they verbally abused and physically assaulted an elderly man by pushing him away when he approached while sitting in a priority seat. They also mocked the grandfather by speaking to him disrespectfully, saying, "Hey old man, it wasn't intentional."

Adolescents, presumed to be middle school students, are grabbing an elderly woman from behind, verbally abusing and mocking her, and eventually resorting to violence, leaving the elderly woman thrown onto the subway floor. Photo by YouTube capture

On the 22nd, videos showing middle school students assaulting elderly people or sitting in priority seats and verbally abusing grandfathers on platforms such as YouTube and Facebook have sparked public outrage.

The footage shows a male student, presumed to be a middle schooler, choking an elderly woman’s neck and knocking her to the floor on the Uijeongbu Light Rail Transit. During this incident, both parties exchanged harsh insults.

Young people presumed to be middle school students are sitting in the elderly seats on a subway. Photo by YouTube capture

Young people, presumed to be middle school students, are sitting in the elderly seats on a subway. When an elderly person approaches, they push past roughly with their chest. Photo by YouTube capture

Young people, presumed to be middle school students, are sitting in the elderly seats on a subway. When an elderly person approached, they pushed roughly past him, and when the elderly person protested, they continued with harsh verbal abuse. Photo by YouTube capture

In another video, a male student who appears to be a middle schooler is seen sitting in a priority seat on the subway, arguing with an elderly man, exchanging insults, and being scolded.

The middle school students mock the elderly man, saying, "Hey old man, you son of a b****," and "Have you been drinking? Just go to sleep." The elderly man responded with insults, but the youths continued to shout even more vulgar language at him.

In particular, one middle school student aggressively approached the elderly man, saying, "Hit me, you bastard." Eventually, feeling threatened, the elderly man got off the subway, while the middle school students laughed and continued to mock and verbally abuse him.

Netizens expressed outrage at the video. One commenter said, "They seem to be acting out because they believe they are protected by juvenile laws," "I hope they receive actual prison sentences," and "Reveal their faces and names."

Meanwhile, as posts claiming that the students in the video are middle schoolers living in the Uijeongbu area spread online, the police have begun verifying the facts. A police official stated, "We are identifying who the students in the video and the person filming are."