Terrifying CCTV Footage Captures Weapon Threat; Arrest Warrant Requested

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An arrest warrant has been requested for a man in his 40s who wandered around the Han River Park area wielding a knife and threatening citizens. CCTV footage secured by our reporting team captures the tense situation at the time.

Reporter Im Jihyeon has the details.

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A man wearing shorts and a towel around his neck roams the streets holding a knife in his right hand.

This footage was captured by CCTV at a commercial building near Yanghwa Han River Park in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, at around 3:40 PM the day before yesterday, September 27, the last day of the holiday.

People nearby look back and start running, while parents sitting in front of a nearby cafe with baby carriers hurriedly take shelter inside the cafe.

The man blocks a car passing on the road, approaches the driver's seat to threaten the driver, and then walks up to the cafe, shaking the door and acting threateningly.

When the cafe door does not open, he gestures toward a motorcycle on the road and rushes at it with a knife.

[Han Jae-won / Cafe Owner: About 20 to 30 seconds after I locked the door, he came with a knife, opened the door, and tried to come in. I was worried what we would do if he broke through the window....]

Including citizens who took cover after seeing the man with a weapon, there were about 15 people inside the cafe at the time.

Fortunately, no one was injured as the cafe owner and a customer locked the door just before the man attempted to break in.

Mr. A was arrested near a building here after wandering the streets with a weapon and engaging in a physical struggle with the police.

[Nearby Resident: (Even usually) he points fingers and yells, and keeps talking to himself while walking around. I told the kids, 'If you ever see someone like that, just avoid them,' and then that incident happened.]

The prosecution has requested an arrest warrant applied by the police against Mr. A on charges of carrying a weapon in a public place.

The police are investigating the specific details of the crime based on statements from nearby residents that the man had previously exhibited strange behavior near the scene of the crime.

(Video reporting: Lee Sang-hak, Video editing: Kim Ho-jin)
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