Middle School Student Attacks Woman with Weapon in Apartment Complex

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A male middle school student has attacked a woman in her 40s, whom he did not know, with a weapon in Guri, Gyeonggi Province. The victim is reported to be in non-life-threatening condition.

Reporter Im Jihyeon has the story.

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An apartment complex in Guri, Gyeonggi Province.

Around 8:00 p.m. the day before yesterday, a report was filed with 112 stating that a teenage boy was wielding a weapon.

When fire and police authorities arrived at the scene, the victim, a woman in her 40s identified as A, had already sustained an injury to her shoulder.

[Jeon Dae-gil/Apartment Resident: Police cars came in. Two of them drove right in here. It seems it happened out of the blue? The woman was crying, and her shoulder area was red.]

Investigations revealed that the middle school student, B, who committed the attack, was neither a resident of the apartment complex nor a student at a nearby school.

It is reported that immediately after attacking A, B put the weapon back into his own bag.

[Family member of A: Whether he felt he had succeeded or regained his senses, he stopped his actions and put the knife back in his bag.]

A was injured by the weapon wielded by B and reportedly managed to subdue B with the help of nearby residents.

[Family member of A: My wife subdued him. She told him, If you do anything more, you will be in real trouble.]

When A called for help, residents rushed to the scene and held B until the police arrived.

A received medical treatment at a hospital, and it has been determined that her injuries are not life-threatening.

Police arrested B at the scene on charges of attempted murder. It was discovered that B is a juvenile under the age of 14, classified as a child offender (under the age of criminal responsibility), and that he had brought the weapon from his home.

The police stated that they have placed B under emergency hospitalization after identifying potential mental health issues, and they plan to investigate the motive behind the crime once he stabilizes.

(Reported by Kim Han-gyeol | Video by Jeong Seong-hun)
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