Newsletter

[단독] Refusal to reunite: A soldier who attacked his ex-wife

◀ anchor ▶

In May, an active duty soldier was arrested for attempting to stab and kill his ex-wife for refusing to reunite.

The trial of the criminal by the military court has begun, and the victim has complained of extreme anxiety and has been reporting.

There was also CCTV footage and audio of the situation at the time.

First of all, the reporter Kim Hyun-ji reports completely about what happened that morning.

◀ Report ▶

Early in the morning on May 15th, a scream echoed in a soldier’s apartment in Paju, Gyeonggi-do.

“Save me, save me! Hey! Save me!”

A woman runs hurriedly down the stairs, and a man with a shirt goes after her.

After a while, a man drags a woman into the elevator.

When the elevator door opens, the woman tries not to be dragged out, but the man drags her away.

About 10 minutes later, the same CCTV.

Bloodstains were seen on the floor and the police were called to the scene.

What happened?

The day before, Mo Kim (pseudonym), a woman in her 30s, took her children to the house of her ex-husband, a sergeant in the army.

Because it was the day of the ex-husband’s interview meeting the children.

However, the ex-husband changed his mind when his two children fell asleep, and his request for a reunion was refused.

[김모 씨(가명)/피해자]

“You all said you were going to die together today, so I’m really done now…”

Amid extreme death threats, the ex-husband was repeatedly beaten and raped.

He even threatened to come out and retaliate even if he went to jail.

“You report it and go to jail? If it comes out, you have to be killed. You know that. Even criminals can look up their parents’ address.”

Feeling scared to death, Kim desperately ran away while her ex-husband left the room to put the child to sleep.

However, as soon as they left the first floor entrance, they were caught and dragged away.

The couple next door, who heard the screams, came out and called the police and calmed the ex-husband down, but the ex-husband quickly came back into the house and stabbed Kim several times with a knife.

[김모 씨(가명)/피해자]

“I’m losing my mind, I’ve lived very hard, but I think I’m a bit sad to think I’m dying like this.

Kim survived, but his kidneys were severely lacerated and so on, and he only had to undergo surgery four times.

Her ex-husband was arrested by the military police and is on trial, but Kim is still scared to the point that she even took a picture of her portrait.

This is Kim Hyun-ji from MBC News.

Video commentary: Lee Jun-ha Video editing: Kom-geun

MBC News awaits your report 24 hours a day.

▷ Telephone 02-784-4000
▷ Email mbcjebo@mbc.co.kr
▷ KakaoTalk Report @mbc