2 injured in stabbing attack in Seoul’s Sillim area; suspect jumps to death

Gwanak Police Station / Korea Times file

A man in his 30s died by suicide after stabbing two strangers at a villa in Seoul’s Sillim-dong neighborhood on Sunday night.

According to Gwanak Police Station on Monday, the incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. when the suspect, identified only as A, rang the doorbell of a villa in Gwanak District.

When two residents, a man in his 20s and another in his 30s, opened the door, the man allegedly attacked them with a knife.

One victim sustained a shoulder injury, while the other was stabbed in the ankle. Both were taken to a hospital and are not in life-threatening condition.

Authorities said the suspect and the victims had no prior relationship.

Shortly after the assault, the man jumped from a nearby location. He was transported to a hospital in cardiac arrest and was later pronounced dead.

Police are investigating the motive behind the attack and the circumstances leading to the suspect's death.

This article from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Times, is translated by a generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.