Teen who threatened to ``kill children'' was ``just kidding''... What will be the punishment? = Korea

The culprit who posted the message ``Killing children'' in a parent group chat room at an elementary school in Incheon, South Korea, was a high school teenager.
Incheon Seobu Police Station announced on the 12th that they had arrested high school student A on suspicion of intimidation and are investigating.
At around 9:35 a.m. the day before, Mr. A posted a message in the KakaoTalk chat room of an elementary school in Seo-gu, Incheon City, a parent group, saying, ``Children
He is accused of posting a message saying, ``I will kill everyone on my way to and from school.'' At that time, Mr. A posted a photo of himself holding the steering wheel of a car along with the threatening message.
. This chat room was created by parents to help their students get to and from school, and is an open chat room that anyone can freely join without a password.
After receiving a report from a parent, the police stationed police cars and riot police at the elementary school and nearby junior high and high schools in preparation for any possible situation.
The school also strengthened its guidance for students to leave school and did not hold after-school classes.
At around 8:15 p.m., 10 hours after the report, the police arrested Mr. A at a high school in Nonsan, Chungcheongnam-do, where Mr. A was attending.
An emergency arrest was made. Mr. A's home address is Incheon. During the police investigation, Mr. A made a statement to the effect that he had posted the text as a prank.
The police are considering whether to additionally charge Mr. A with obstruction of official duties due to preliminary murder charges.
We are investigating the specific motive and background of the crime. Preliminary murder is applicable in cases where the person did not actually commit the murder, but there were circumstances in which the person identified the target of the murder and made specific preparations for the crime. Up to 10 years
It's a lower punishment. The legal penalty for intimidation is 3 years or less and 5 million won or less, which is a much heavier punishment. In August, police reported a series of violent incidents with deadly weapons at Shinrim Station and Seohyun Station.
After this outbreak occurred and texts calling for ``murder teaser'' began to appear online, measures were strengthened against the suspects, including applying for preliminary murder charges and applying for arrest warrants.