Police “Whether or not to apply the assault charges will be decided after investigation”
In a reading room in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, the police launched an investigation after a victim was stabbed by a needle that was secretly inserted into a chair.
Today (28th), the Seoul Gwanak Police Station informed JTBC that they are conducting an investigation into the perpetrator who put a needle in a chair in the reading room.
This incident occurred on the 24th at around 3:30 pm in a reading room in Sillim-dong. At that time, an accident occurred when the victim was trying to sit in a designated seat and was stabbed in the thigh by a needle stuck under the chair.
Fortunately, the victim was not seriously injured.
It has been found that this reading room is mainly used by students preparing for the administrative examination, which is the civil servant level 5 recruitment test.
The police are pursuing the perpetrators through closed circuit (CC) TV analysis, etc. An official said in a phone call today, “The case has been received and the investigation is underway, including calling the victim for investigation.”
