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▲ Participants in a blockade protest condemning the ballot shortage incident are chanting slogans in front of the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in Songpa-gu, Seoul, which was used as a counting station during the June 3 local elections, on the 28th.
Police have launched a preliminary investigation into a man found with a practice grenade at the site of a blockade protest at the Jamsil ballot counting station, which has been ongoing for 26 days.
The Seoul Songpa Police Station announced today (June 30) that they are reviewing whether to charge a man in his 20s, identified as A, with violating the Act on the Control of Guns, Swords, Explosives, etc., after he was found carrying a practice grenade near the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in Songpa-gu, Seoul.
It was determined that A had found the practice grenade at a trash dump while serving in the military and kept it in his bag until he was discharged this past April.
A, who recently joined the ballot station blockade protest as a volunteer, was investigated for playing with the grenade and subsequently losing it.
Another volunteer discovered the lost item and, suspecting it might be a live grenade, reported it to the police, prompting an investigation into the circumstances.
A police official stated, "We plan to continue the investigation, including a legal review to determine whether the acquisition and possession of a practice grenade constitutes a violation of the Act on the Control of Guns, Swords, Explosives, etc."
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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