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Sat, April 1, 2023 | 01:25
8 knifed on rampage at subway station
의정부 흉기男 구속영장 신청, 칼부림 이유가…
Posted : 2012-08-19 17:23
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By Yun Suh-young

A man in his 30s suddenly attacked citizens with a knife at a subway station in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, Saturday evening, injuring eight passengers and triggering pandemonium.

The attack by the 39-year-old man, identified by his family name Yoo, started when he spat in a subway car and got into a quarrel with two passengers who reprimanded him.
Yoo, a day laborer, got off at the station but the two followed him out.

He swung a box-cutter at the duo _ a man and a woman _ on the platform, inflicting facial and shoulder injuries.
Yoo then went on to attack six others who were waiting on the platform.

The station was splattered with blood and passengers panicked while trying to escape the scene. Officials at the station and citizens cooperated in efforts to catch the perpetrator, who was apprehended by police 10 minutes later.

The injured were taken to four hospitals by the 119 rescue team. They are all in a stable condition.

The police requested an arrest warrant for Yoo after two days of investigation into his motive and details of the incident. He will be charged with attempted murder and assault.

Investigators quoted Yoo as stating that he attacked the people in a fit of anger. He said the assault stemmed from being scolded by a passenger inside the subway carriage.

According to witnesses, Yoo left the train immediately after being told off by a male passenger for spitting on the floor of the subway train. The passenger, however, followed Yoo outside the train saying, “How can an adult spit on a public facility?”

Yoo, who was on an ascending escalator at the time, suddenly attacked the man and the woman accompanying him with a knife and fled on the descending escalator. When he landed on the platform, he started swinging his knife randomly at people.

As the platform was thrown into chaos, Yoo escaped the scene. Several citizens and station officials followed him and confronted him 120 meters from the station until the police came and took him away.

의정부 흉기男 구속영장 신청, 칼부림 이유가…
일정한 직업 없이 노동일을 하는 30대 남자가 전철 승강장과 전동차 안에서 불특정 다수의 시민들에게 흉기를 휘둘러 시민 8명이 중경상을 입었다. 경기 의정부경찰서는 19일 유모씨(39)에 대해 폭력행위등 처벌에 관한 법률(흉기 등 상해) 혐의로 구속영장을 신청했다. 유씨는 지난 18일 오후 6시30분쯤 전철 1호선 의정부역 승강장과 전동차 안에서 침을 뱉었다며 항의하는 시민들에게 흉기를 마구 휘두른 혐의를 받고 있다. 유씨는 이날 전동차를 탄 뒤 걸어가다 바닥에 침을 뱉으며 옆에 있던 대학생 박모군(18)에게도 침을 뱉었다. 이에 박군이 유씨를 막으며 항의하자 유씨는 전동차를 나와 승강장 개찰구쪽으로 걸어갔다. 박군 등 시민 2명이 뒤쫒아 계속 항의하자 갑자기 흉기를 꺼내 박군의 왼쪽 어깨를 찌른 뒤 주변에 있던 시민 5명에게도 흉기를 휘둘렀다. 유씨는 다시 정차중인 전동차 안으로 들어가 최모씨(27) 등 시민 2명에게 또다시 흉기를 휘들렀다. 승강장은 부상자들이 흘린 피로 얼룩졌고 승객 수십명이 유씨를 피해 역사 밖으로 대피하면서 순식간에 아수라장이 됐다. 한 목격자는 “30대 남성이 갑자기 흉기를 휘둘러 바닥에 피가 떨어지고 승객들이 혼비백산했다”며 “한 승객은 흉기에 얼굴을 다쳐 119구조대에 의해 병원으로 옮겨졌다”고 말했다. 유씨는 혼란한 틈을 타 전동차에서 내려 의정부역사 밖으로 나와 100여m를 달아나다 뒤쫓아 온 공익근무요원, 시민 2명 등 3명과 대치하다 신고를 받고 출동한 경찰에 오후 6시40분쯤 검거됐다. 부상자들은 신고를 받고 출동한 119구조대에 의해 의정부성모병원, 의정부백병원, 의정부의료원, 상계백병원 등 4곳으로 후송됐다. 이들은 다행히 생명에는 지장이 없는 것으로 알려졌다. 경찰 조사결과 유씨는 평소 일정한 직업과 주거없이 혼자 생활하면서 일용 노동일로 생활고를 겪고 온 것으로 조사됐다. 유씨는 10여년전 집을 나와 연락을 끊고 노동일 등을 하며 지내왔다고 경찰에서 말했다. 유씨는 경찰에서 “일자리를 구하기 위해 서울 신설동 직업소개소를 가기 위해 전동차에 타 습관적으로 침을 뱉었는데 항의하는 시민이 승강장까지 쫒아와 순간적으로 화가 나 흉기를 휘둘렀다”고 말했다. 경찰은 유씨를 상대로 범행 동기와 갖고 있던 흉기의 출처와 동기에 대해 수사를 벌이고 있다.
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