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Around 7:04 a.m. that day, Mr. Cho appeared in front of the Gwanak Police Station in Seoul, wearing a blue short-sleeved T-shirt. In response to a reporter's question, "Why did you commit the crime?" Cho replied, "I'm sorry." After that, he left the police station about a minute later without answering questions such as "Is it true that you searched for the 'Hong Kong Street Attacker'?", "Why did you search?"
Cho brandished a weapon indiscriminately at passers-by in the Sinlim-dong area of Gwanak-gu, Seoul on the 21st. As a result, one man in his 20s died and three men in their 30s were seriously injured. The Seoul National Police Agency held a committee to disclose Cho's identity on the 26th and decided to disclose his identity on the grounds that the brutality of the crime and the seriousness of the damage were recognized.
During the police investigation, Mr. Cho said, "I am unhappy, but I wanted to make other people unhappy," as the reason for the crime. After that, he underwent a psychopathic diagnostic test (PCL-R), but he made it clear that he refused to take the test and did not submit a statement to buy time.
The police investigation will focus on uncovering Mr. Cho's criminal plot. According to police, the day before the crime, Cho formatted his smartphone (iPhone XS) and smashed the computer he used to use with a hammer. However, the police secured a history of similar "street murder cases" such as "Hong Kong street murder" on the portal site the day before, and also confirmed that he had prepared the knife used in the crime in advance.
2023/08/03 12:46 KST
