"Pick Up Chairs!" Armed with Weapons Heading to the Cinema... 5 Minutes of Terror

[Anchor]

We continue with breaking news regarding yesterday's knife rampage in Incheon. The suspect, surnamed Choi, told police that he targeted people he perceived as weaker than himself. Newly obtained CCTV footage shows Choi continuing his rampage in that exact manner. Standing in his path to stop him were brave citizens armed with chairs and umbrellas.

Reporting from reporter Bae Seong-jae.

[Reporter]

The brutal crime by Incheon Guwol-dong knife rampage suspect Choi began in a second-floor restaurant area of a multi-complex shopping center.

With weapons bound to both hands, Choi rushed toward a female restaurant employee, instantly turning a peaceful ordinary day into a scene of terror.

Shocked citizens began to scatter amid screams, and Choi pursued them with fast strides, much like a predator chasing its prey.

[Oh my goodness, what do we do? Oh my goodness, why is he doing that?]

The owners of a snack bar, who faced Choi with long umbrellas in a moment of urgency, first pulled down their shop shutter and called 112.

[Please come quickly. I am not lying, you need to come quickly. People are getting hurt right now and it is chaos.]

Amid the indiscriminate knife rampage, a citizen who confronted Choi by throwing a chair fell while dodging the weapon and tumbled down toward the bottom of the escalator.

As citizens holding chairs gathered one by one to close in,

[Kang Byung-hoon / Citizen who subdued Choi: When someone said to be vigilant and pick up chairs, I think everyone picked up chairs. Almost without exception, everyone picked up a chair.]

Choi boarded a descending escalator and headed back up to the fourth floor, where the cinema is located.

Shortly after, Choi collapsed after being hit by something; the person who threw a chair at Choi from the fourth floor was 23-year-old Shin Jung-hyun, who had come to watch a movie with his girlfriend.

[Shin Jung-hyun / Citizen who subdued Choi: I do not know where I suddenly found the courage. I thought that if that person came up, the situation would turn out even worse.]

Citizens on the third floor subdued the passed-out Choi with chairs and other objects, and with the police finally arriving, the five-minute indiscriminate knife rampage finally came to an end.

[Shin Jung-hyun / Citizen who subdued Choi: His eyes looked like he was genuinely going to kill someone. That is why I made up my mind right there that I had to throw it.]

Police investigations revealed that Choi stated, "I chose people who looked weaker than me."

Regarding the five citizens who risked danger to help apprehend Choi, police stated, "We will take measures to ensure they receive appropriate awards."

(Video by Choi Dae-woong | Video Editing by Kim Jun-hee)
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