Mother with Baby Carrier Hides in Urgency... Residents' Shocking Testimonies of "Disaster Struck"

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

This scene was captured on CCTV at a shopping area near Yanghwa Hangang Park in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, at around 3:40 PM yesterday (September 27), the last day of the holiday.

People nearby look back and start running, and parents sitting in front of a nearby cafe with a baby carrier hurriedly hide inside the cafe.

The man blocks a car passing on the road, goes to the driver's seat to threaten the driver, and then approaches 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 and tried to open the door and break in. I was worried what we would do if he broke the window and came in...]

Including citizens who sought shelter after seeing the knife-wielding man, 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.

[Lim Ji-hyun / Reporter: A-ssi was arrested near a building here after wandering the streets with a weapon and engaging in a physical scuffle with the police.]

[Nearby Resident: (He usually) points fingers and shouts, and keeps talking to himself while walking around. I told the kids, 'If you ever see a person like that, avoid them no matter what,' and then that disaster actually happened.]

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

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

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(Reported by Lim Ji-hyun | Written by Bae Jun-hwi | Filmed by Lee Sang-hak | Video Edited by Kim Ho-jin | Produced by SBS Digital News)
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