By Kwon Mee-yoo
A man in his 40s fired crossbow at a department store clerk who declined to give him a refund.
The Cheonan Dongnam Police Station sought an arrest warrant for a man identified as Hwang, 48, for attempted murder, Monday. Hwang went to the department store last Friday, carrying a crossbow, flammable paint thinners and gasoline to the office and threatened to murder the staff members there.
He fired a bolt at an employee and threatened others who tried to disarm him.
Police said Hwang had bought some 10 million won worth of clothes three years ago, recognizing them as new products. However, he later found out the products were carried forward from the previous season and asked for a refund.
At the time the department store said the goods could not be returned for a refund. The man took the case to court, but recently lost a final ruling.
Police confiscated a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder, 14 butane gas canisters, 13 bottles of paint thinners and 32 lighters from Hwang’s car, parked in the underground lot of the department store.