"Considered Attacking Daycare Too"... Silent on Why He Chose Complex Mall

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It has been confirmed that Choi Chung-rak, the suspect in the Incheon random knife attack, stated during police interrogation that he had also considered targeting a daycare center for his crime. Police are accelerating efforts to uncover the full picture of the crime, including conducting a search and seizure at Choi's residence.

Reporting by Reporter Lee Se-hyeon.

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Following police officers carrying blue search-and-seizure boxes, Choi Chung-rak emerges with his face covered by a cap and a mask.

[(Did you plan the crime in advance?) ...... (Do you have anything else to say to the victims?) ......]

The search and seizure at Choi's residence lasted for about an hour and a half starting at 8:00 AM.

Choi is known to have packed multiple weapons from his home into a backpack on the morning of the day of the knife attack.

It was also confirmed that during police questioning, Choi stated to the effect that, "On the day of the crime, I even thought about targeting a daycare center, but decided against it thinking it was too much."

While he did not mention a specific daycare center, police are focusing on the fact that he considered locations with only women and children and no adult males as targets.

This is because there is a high possibility that he intended to inflict more casualties by targeting people who could not easily resist.

Choi did not answer why he chose the large multi-use commercial complex where he carried out the knife rampage as the crime scene.

[(Why did you commit the crime at that shopping mall?) ......]

Police plan to re-question Choi as soon as they finish analyzing the seized items.

(Camera reporting: Joo Yong-jin | Video editing: So Ji-hye)
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