Police Refer 70-something Suspect in Yeoksam-dong Serial Arson to Prosecutors, Adding Attempted Murder Charges

A man who set fire to two buildings in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, injuring 26 people, has been handed over to the prosecutors' office.

Seoul Suseo Police Station announced today (October 29) that they have transferred a man in his 70s, surnamed Lee, to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on charges of arson resulting in injury to an inhabited building and attempted murder.

Lee is accused of injuring 26 people in the arson attack on October 20. Among the victims, one patent attorney is currently receiving treatment at a hospital in a state of cardiac arrest.

Police previously applied only the charge of arson resulting in injury to an inhabited building, but explained that they added the attempted murder charge considering that Lee searched for a specific person before setting the fire and ignited it at the sole exit of the building's office.
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