Police Apply for Arrest Warrant for 30s Man Who Threatened Stabbing at Seoul Station

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The police have applied for an arrest warrant for a man in his 30s who posted a warning about a "knife attack at Seoul Station."

On the 25th, the Jongam Police Station in Seoul announced that they had applied for an arrest warrant on charges of intimidation and obstruction of official duties against Mr. A, a man in his 30s who posted a warning about a knife attack at Seoul Station online.

According to the police, Mr. A (33) is suspected of posting a message on the DC Inside gallery at 1:42 p.m. on the 22nd stating, "I will carry out a knife attack at Seoul Station on the 24th. I will kill 50 men and women, anyone."

The police executed a search warrant on DC Inside the previous day, obtained and analyzed related data such as Mr. A's Internet Protocol (IP) address, and then arrested Mr. A at his home in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, at around 7:20 p.m. on the same day.