High Schooler Threatens Teachers with Knife After Being Woke Up... 22 Days for Suspension?

It has been belatedly revealed that teachers at a high school in Seoul, who were encouraging a student to participate in class, were threatened with murder by the student using a weapon.

According to data submitted by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education to the office of Representative Jung Sung-kook of the People Power Party, a member of the National Assembly's Education Committee, around 9:30 a.m. on May 13, a first-year student identified as A threatened teachers with a kitchen knife found in the staff room.

The incident began when the homeroom teacher and the head of academic affairs woke up Student A, who was sleeping instead of participating in a moving class.

After uttering threatening remarks, Student A headed to the staff room, took a kitchen knife from a sink drawer, and threatened multiple teachers in front of them, stating, "I will kill the head of academic affairs."

Fortunately, a teacher at the scene immediately disarmed the student and handed him over to the police who arrived at the scene, but the victimized teacher is currently unable to return to work and is receiving treatment due to severe psychological shock.

As a result of the investigation, it was revealed that Student A had been bringing dangerous objects such as utility knives and chisels onto school grounds starting a month prior to the incident.

However, the school reportedly judged this not as a violation of educational activities, but simply as a "mental health crisis student support issue."

In addition, the victimized teachers' side claimed that although they demanded immediate separation measures right after the incident, the school did not respond promptly.

It was 22 days after the incident occurred that the school reported to the Office of Education that it had "taken emergency measures to suspend attendance" for the student.

While the school maintains the position that practical separation was achieved because Student A was hospitalized under protective care and was not coming to school, the victimized teachers reportedly protested that they suffered from anxiety due to delayed administrative measures.

Representative Jung stated that he will request an audit of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education and the school in question to verify whether the protection of victimized teachers and the separation of the perpetrator student were carried out immediately in accordance with the law.

Reported by Lee Hyeon-yeong | Video by Kim Min-ji | Graphics by Yang Hye-min | Produced by SBS Digital News
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