70-Year-Old Man Arrested for Striking Wife's Head with Stone During Argument

A man in his 70s has been arrested by police after striking his wife's head with a stone and injuring her during an argument.

The Suwon Paldal Police Station in Gyeonggi Province announced that it has arrested and is investigating a man, referred to as A, in the act on charges of attempted murder.

A is accused of repeatedly striking the head of his wife, a woman in her 70s referred to as B, with a stone on the street in front of a lodging facility in Maesan-dong, Paldal-gu, Suwon, at around 10:00 a.m. today (October 11).

A, who operates the lodging facility in question, committed the crime by picking up a stone from the roadside during an argument with his wife.

Police, who were dispatched following a witness's report to 112, arrested A at the scene.

B sustained injuries to her head, but her life is reportedly not in danger.

Police initially arrested A on charges of special assault, but after determining during the investigation that the act was severe enough to threaten life, they changed the charge to attempted murder.

It was found that A has a history of being reported to the police multiple times in the past for domestic violence.

Police plan to investigate the specific motives and details of the crime before applying for an arrest warrant for A.

(Photo provided by Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, Yonhap News)
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