Male High School Student Arrested for Blunt Object Attack on Female Middle School Student on First Day of School

Attack on Middle School Girl Going to School at Start of Semester
Suspected Stalking Led to Crime
Male High School Student Has History of Hospitalization After Police Persuasion

A teenage male high school student was arrested by the police for attacking a female middle school student with a blunt weapon.

According to Yonhap News, the Ansan Sangnok Police Station in Gyeonggi Province reported on the 19th that they have arrested high school student A on suspicion of attempted murder and are currently investigating. Around 8:16 a.m. that day, A struck the head of middle school student B, who was on her way to school in Sangnok-gu, Ansan City, with a blunt weapon. It is reported that he shouted, "You must die," while attacking B. A passerby who witnessed the incident subdued A, and the police who arrived on the scene arrested him in the act.

It appears that he had been stalking B regularly. Although there is no record of reports between the two, it was confirmed that A was hospitalized last month after being persuaded by the school police officer. The police stated, "It seems that A followed B and committed the crime on the first day of school that B attends," adding, "We plan to apply for an arrest warrant as soon as the investigation is complete."