Police seek arrest warrant for suspect behind airline pilot murder
A former pilot suspected of fatally stabbing an airline pilot in Busan is being taken to the Busanjin Police Station in Busan, Tuesday. Newsis
BUSAN — Police sought an arrest warrant Wednesday for a former pilot suspected of fatally stabbing an airline pilot in the southeastern city of Busan, according to officials.
The man in his 50s, surnamed Kim, was taken into custody Tuesday evening after allegedly murdering the victim, a former colleague, early that morning at an apartment in Busan.
The suspect has said he began planning the crime three years earlier and sought to kill four people, according to police.
Shortly after the murder, Kim visited another former colleague's home in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, to allegedly carry out another attack but the attempt failed.
He is also accused of attempting to strangle and kill another former pilot colleague on Monday in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, before fleeing the scene.
The suspect is said to have fallen out with his former colleagues when he lost his job two years earlier.