Teen attacks girlfriend's father for opposing dating

By Bahk Eun-ji

A teenager attacked his girlfriend’s father because he disapproved of their relationship, police said Sunday.

The student, 18, hit the father in the head and chest with a deadly weapon on the street near his girlfriend’s apartment complex in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, about 9 p.m. Saturday, police said.

The father, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries, is being treated in hospital. The teenager told police the father had attacked him first.

The youth ran from the scene, but gave himself up to police at 10:30 p.m.

Police will seek an arrest warrant.