A Man Armed with a Weapon Arrested at Seoul Express Bus Terminal... No Signs of Threat Detected

A man in his 20s carrying a weapon and wandering around Seoul Express Bus Terminal was apprehended by the police.

According to the police, the Seocho Police Station in Seoul arrested Mr. A on suspicion of special intimidation at a commercial area on the first floor of the Gyeongbu Line building in Seoul Express Bus Terminal at around 10:45 a.m. on the 4th and is currently investigating him. The police responded to a security guard's report at 10:39 a.m. that "a man with a knife is wandering around the terminal" and secured the suspect. Two weapons found in Mr. A's bag were also confiscated.

The police stated that after analyzing the closed-circuit television (CCTV), they confirmed that Mr. A pointed the weapon at his own neck, but there was no evidence of threatening others.

The police are investigating the origin of the weapons and the motive for the act, while also securing medical records to check for any history of mental illness.