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Yesterday (October 15) evening, a woman in her 50s was arrested by police after threatening a merchant with a weapon in Gwangju and South Jeolla. Yesterday afternoon in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, a second-grade elementary school student was struck by a car and died in a school zone.
Reporter Park Jae-yeon has the details.
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A woman kicks a store door, holding a weapon in her right hand.
People nearby urgently intervene.
["Put the knife down. Put it down first. Put it down."]
Around 6:50 PM yesterday, a woman in her 50s, identified as A, was apprehended by police on charges of special intimidation after threatening a store owner with a weapon in front of an underwear shop in Gakhwa-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju and South Jeolla.
No injuries were reported as the store owner locked the door from the inside to block her.
Police are investigating the exact motive for the crime based on statements from A, who claimed there was a dispute with the store owner over a monthly rent contract.
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A large truck is lying on its side in the middle of the road.
Around 3:50 AM today, a truck rollover accident occurred on a road in Buk-gu, Ulsan.
The overturned truck burst into flames, but the driver evacuated with the help of people nearby, resulting in no casualties.
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Around 4:00 PM yesterday, an SUV making a right turn struck a second-grade elementary student, identified as B, who was crossing a pedestrian crosswalk in a school zone near an elementary school in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province.
Student B was rushed to a hospital but passed away at around 5:16 PM yesterday.
Authorities found that the accident occurred at an intersection with a flashing yellow traffic light, and the crosswalk did not have a traffic signal.
Police have booked the driver in his 70s on charges of child-protection zone fatal traffic accidents under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Crimes and are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident.
(Video Editing: Kim Jun-hee, Footage Source: Instagram 'Real-time Gwangju'·'@_sj0908')
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