High Schooler Undergoes Emergency Surgery After Group Assault in Cheonan

Another case of group assault involving high school students has occurred in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province.

The Cheonan Seobuk Police Station has booked six second-year high school students, including a student identified as A, on charges of joint injury and joint assault, and is currently investigating the incident.

The suspects are accused of repeatedly striking the face and body of their classmate, B, inside a karaoke room in Dujeong-dong, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan, at approximately 11:00 p.m. on May 18.

The investigation revealed that the group did not stop there; they moved the victim to a nearby parking lot and assaulted him again.

As a result, B sustained severe head injuries and underwent emergency surgery. He has since been discharged and is continuing his treatment.

The six suspects, including A, are reportedly second-year students at high schools in the Cheonan area or out-of-school youth.

Upon receiving the report and launching an investigation, the police have been questioning the suspects to determine the exact circumstances. They have requested arrest warrants for three individuals who are believed to have led or actively participated in the assault.

Previously, on May 26, another incident occurred in Cheonan where seven middle school students assaulted a peer with an intellectual disability and filmed the act illegally; that case is also currently under police investigation.

At that time, the perpetrators reportedly dragged the victim to various locations, including an outdoor shelter and a building rooftop, to carry out the assault.

Some of the students who led the assault were identified as being under the age of 14, classifying them as "juvenile offenders" exempt from criminal punishment. The incident sparked public outrage after it was reported that one of the ringleaders had remarked that they would not be punished because they were under the age of criminal responsibility.

Reported by Jung Da-eun | Video by Seo Byeong-uk | Graphics by Yang Hye-min | Produced by SBS Digital News
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