Prosecution Seeks Death Penalty for Choi Won-jong in 'Bundang Stabbing' Case

14 Injured and Killed in Department Store Stabbing
Prosecutors Request "Electronic Monitoring for 30 Years"

Last year, the prosecution demanded the death penalty, the highest sentence in court, for Choi Won-jong (23), who wielded a weapon in a department store causing 14 casualties.

On the 18th, at the Suwon District Court Seongnam Branch Criminal Division 2 (Chief Judge Kang Hyun-gu), during the sentencing hearing of Choi Won-jong, the prosecution requested the death penalty and ordered the attachment of an electronic monitoring device for 30 years.

Suspect Choi Won-jong in the 'Bundang Bladed Weapon Rampage Incident'

On the afternoon of August 3 last year, Choi Won-jong drove his mother's car and rushed onto the sidewalk near AK Plaza Bundang Branch in Bundang-gu, Seongnam City, hitting five pedestrians. Afterward, he got out of the car, entered the department store, and wielded a weapon.

The prosecution charged Choi Won-jong with murder, attempted murder, and attempted preparation for murder, among other charges.

At that time, two women, Kim Hye-bin (20 years old at the time of the incident) and Lee Hee-nam (65 years old at the time), who were hit by the car, died while receiving treatment at the hospital.