Suspect arrested for allegedly killing 2, seriously injuring 2 others
A Chinese national of Korean ethnicity in his 50s, identified as Cha Cheol-nam, center, leaves a police station in Siheung, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday, to attend a court hearing to review whether a warrant will be granted for his arrest for allegedly killing two people on Saturday and seriously injuring two others on Monday. Yonhap
SIHEUNG, Gyeonggi Province — The suspect in the murder of two people and stabbing of two others was placed under formal arrest Wednesday.
The Ansan branch of the Suwon District Court issued an arrest warrant for Cha Cheol-nam, a Chinese national of Korean ethnicity, on charges of murder and attempted murder.
Cha, 56, is accused of killing two brothers of the same Chinese-Korean background in Siheung, just southwest of Seoul, on Saturday before stabbing a convenience store owner and his landlord in separate incidents on Monday.
The store owner and landlord are reportedly undergoing treatment in an intensive care unit.
"There is concern he will flee and destroy evidence," the court said in issuing the warrant.
Cha was apprehended by police Monday evening and claimed he premeditated the brothers' murder for not repaying him a loan of 30 million won ($21,500). (Yonhap)