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Teens responsible for most online prank reports on Sewol tragedy
By Ko Dong-hwan
Teens accounted for most of those nabbed by police dragnet for posting online pranks regarding Sewol tragedy.
By Ko Dong-hwan
Police arrest records showed teenagers accounted for most of the prank police reports online with links to the Sewol tragedy, Seoul Shimmun said Saturday.
The National Police Agency said Friday they screened 112 cases of online reports related to the tragedy with possible intention of prank. They narrowed them down to 76 to investigate, and successfully apprehended 18 confirmed responsible for them.
Among the arrested, eight (44.4 percent) were in their 10s.
Kim and Ji, both aged 15, pretended to be survivors of the tragedy and posted online requests for immediate rescue.
Park, 13, distributed online a fake phone number which he claimed as that of the sunken ferry’s captain, one in the core of citizenry frustration after the tragedy erupted.
Those arrested also included five in their 20s, three in their 30s and two in their 40s.
The report cited police as saying teens, without being compelled to feel remorse, committed the crimes simply to draw attention.