Ex-Manager Arrested for Holding Weapon to Female BJ's Throat in Standoff

A man in his 20s who formerly worked as a manager for a female internet broadcasting host in her 20s has been arrested after holding a weapon to her throat and engaging in a standoff with responding police officers.

The Gyeonggi Ansan Sangnok Police Station announced on September 14 that it has arrested a suspect identified as A on charges of special assault, special confinement, and preparation for murder.

A is accused of holding a weapon to the throat of B, an internet broadcasting host, inside a restaurant in Sangnok-gu, Ansan, at approximately 5:30 p.m. on September 12 and confronting police officers who arrived at the scene.

Earlier, police received witness reports twice, at 5:21 p.m. and 5:26 p.m., stating that a man was hitting a woman.

Recognizing from the emergency calls that a weapon was involved and hearing a woman's screams, the police issued "Code Zero"—the highest level of emergency in their response manual—and deployed about 30 police officers.

At the same time, they requested the mobilization of a police special forces unit.

When police arrived at the scene at 5:33 p.m., A was standing inside an empty restaurant, holding B by the neck with one hand and a weapon with the other.

Police initiated a standoff, repeatedly ordering A to drop the weapon, but A refused to comply.

During the incident, B suffered minor abrasions from the weapon held to her neck and burns from hot water that A had splashed onto her legs.

Amidst the situation, police offered A a bottle of drinking water as a distraction and moved in to subdue him, successfully arresting him 17 minutes later at 5:50 p.m.

Additionally, other responding officers fired two Taser darts at A to assist in the arrest.

Although the operation concluded without major casualties, Superintendent Park, who engaged in direct physical struggle, sustained a cut approximately 4 centimeters long on his right palm from A's weapon and required three stitches.

There were no other injuries reported.

According to the investigation so far, A had worked as a chat moderator for B's broadcast. After recently falling out with B and quitting the job, escalating tensions led A to visit her while carrying a weapon he had prepared in advance to commit the crime.

Police plan to conduct further investigations on the detained suspect A to determine whether additional charges of retaliatory crime and attempted murder can be applied.

Police explained that although A held B and engaged in a standoff while carrying a weapon, the charge of "taking hostages" under the Criminal Act could not be applied because A did not make any unjust demands while using B as leverage.

Crimes such as hostage coercion or hostage robbery are established when a hostage is used to force someone to perform an act they have no obligation to do or to demand property benefits.

A police official stated, "With the court issuing the arrest warrant, we are now able to continue our investigation while the suspect remains in custody. Superintendent Park, who was in charge of the scene as the duty shift commander substituting for the police station chief over the weekend, took the lead and resolved the incident."

(Photo provided by Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, Yonhap News)
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