[자막뉴스] “I’m going to set it on fire” A civil servant suddenly picks up gasoline… County office ‘in chaos’

A blue truck pulls into the gas station.

The man gets out of the driver’s seat, fills a plastic container with gasoline, and loads it into the car.

Moments later, a patrol car stops in front of the truck and the driver tries to back the car up, but the police officer opens the car door and stops him.

The person arrested by the police is Mr. A, a civil servant in his 50s who works at a business office in Taean-gun, South Chungcheong Province.

He went to the Taean County Office with a can of gasoline and a lighter, threatened to set it on fire, caused a commotion, then ran away before being caught by the police.

At the time, Taean County Governor Gase-ro was not present, and it was investigated that the staff immediately stopped him, preventing Mr. A from setting the fire.

[충남 태안군 관계자 : 업무적인 이야기를 한 번 하고 그다음에 바로 들고 왔던 기름통의 뚜껑을 열고 오른쪽 주머니에 라이터가 있었는데 그거를 잡으려고 하는데 비서진 2명이 양쪽 팔을 잡아서 제지했죠.]

During the police investigation, Mr. A reportedly claimed that he had had a work-related conflict at work.

Mr. A is said to have caused a disturbance in his own office before going to the military headquarters.

The glass on the desk shattered and the computer keyboard was broken, but fortunately no one was injured.

Police have secured a statement from Mr. A that he had been taking psychiatric medication and are investigating its connection to this incident.

[충남 태안군 ○○사업소 관계자 : 병원 처방을 받아서 약을 먹고 있는데 오늘 아침에는 약을 안 먹은 것 같아요. 같이 근무한 한 달 동안은 제어를 다 했거든요.]

Police said they plan to consider applying for an arrest warrant on charges of arson and damage to public property as soon as they finish investigating Mr. A.

This is YTN’s Lee Sang-gon.

Cameraman: Jang Young-han
Subtitle News: Jeong Ui-jin

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