KOR
▲ A man threatening people with a weapon before self-harming at an Olympic Park protest
At approximately 10:25 p.m. yesterday (June 17), a man in his 30s was transported to a hospital after threatening people with a weapon and inflicting self-harm in front of Gates 1-3 of the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in Songpa-gu, Seoul.
The man reportedly brandished a weapon and threatened bystanders, claiming that "someone is dying inside the handball gymnasium," before cutting his own arm during a standoff with the police.
The man was arrested at the scene and is expected to undergo surgery after being transported to the hospital.
The police have confiscated the weapon used by the man and plan to investigate the circumstances of the incident once he has completed his medical treatment.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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