Lee Gyu-lee is a business writer at The Korea Times, focusing primarily on IT & telecommunications, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and KOTRA. Prior to this, she has covered a wide range of cultural news, from film, television and K-pop to lifestyle and fashion.
Schizophrenic man assaults police, ambulance driver
A schizophrenic man allegedly assaulted police and an ambulance driver at his house in North Chungcheong Province after refusing to be taken to a mental hospital, Thursday. Gettyimagesbank
By Lee Gyu-lee
By Lee Gyu-lee
Police detained a schizophrenic man, 23, for allegedly assaulting two police officers and an ambulance driver at his house in North Chungcheong Province early Thursday.
Chungju police said the personnel were sent at the request of the man's father to take the son to a psychiatric hospital.
He allegedly attacked them with a sharp object. The victims sustained minor injuries.
Police used a Taser to subdue the man and he was taken to hospital.
The father said his son had suffered schizophrenia since high school and was treated several times in the past.