Arrest Warrants Issued for Chinese Nationals Involved in 'Lacquer Terror' Attack at Bundang Chinese Restaurant

Arrest warrants have been issued for a group of Chinese nationals who broke into a Chinese restaurant in Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, carried out a so-called "lacquer terror" attack, and then fled back to their home country.

The Bundang Police Station in Gyeonggi Province announced that arrest warrants were issued yesterday (September 30) for four Chinese men in their 20s to 40s on charges of special property damage and special unlawful entry into a building.

Consequently, police can now proceed with procedures such as requesting Interpol Red Notices and pursuing international criminal judicial cooperation with Chinese authorities, allowing them to immediately take the suspects into custody upon their entry into South Korea.

Previously, the suspects are accused of breaking into a Chinese restaurant named after China's top leader at around 2:40 AM on September 24, the first day of the Chuseok holiday, spraying lacquer and paint across the interior of the store, and sprinkling a substance presumed to be pesticide on food ingredients.

The suspects departed for China via Incheon International Airport on the same day they committed the crime.

(Photo provided by the victim, Yonhap News)
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