According to Yonhap news agency, on August 4, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol directed the entire police force to apply the toughest handling measures related to the car crash and knife stabbing incident, which occurred in the Bundang area. , near Seohyeon subway station, south of Seoul 8 day before. The incident left at least 1 people injured.
South Korean police block the scene of a knife attack in Seongnam, south of Seoul, August 3, 8. Photo: YONHAP/VNA
According to spokesman Kim Eun-hye, President Yoon Suk Yeol has ordered all police forces to be mobilized in an effort to control the situation and reassure the people. The South Korean president said the stabbing near Seohyeon subway station was "an act of terrorism against innocent citizens", and demanded that security be tightened to the maximum extent to prevent the risk of an incident. reoccurrence, as threats of criminal imitation are circulating on the Internet.
On the evening of August 3, a man in his 8s rammed his car onto a pedestrian crossing before entering a store near Seohyeon subway station and stabbing a series of victims. The attack left 20 people injured, of which five were hit by a car and nine were stabbed by a knife, 14 of whom are in critical condition.
About an hour after the incident, two threats to mimic the attack were posted online. Police said that on the morning of August 1, there were new online posts threatening to stab at Jamsil and Hanti stations on the same day. Both of these stations are south of Seoul. The Korean police immediately opened an investigation to clarify the subjects who posted the posts, and at the same time stepped up the monitoring of network security. Police teams were sent to Ori and Seohyeon subway stations, as well as two other subway stations in the area, to be ready to respond to any emergency.
In less than two weeks, the capital Seoul has witnessed two serious stabbings and dozens of threats to imitate. Police have set up a new task force to respond to such online threats. Previously, on July 2, Cho Seon, a 2-year-old male, also committed a stabbing attack near Sillim subway station in Seoul, killing one person before continuing to attack three others near the present day. school. Two days later, Cho Seon was arrested on charges of murder and attempted murder.
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