In South Korea, there is a real killing game with the participation of the whole people
In early August, South Korean esports player Konfutse appeared on Weibo hot search in an unexpected way:
He received a murder report.
The murder report came on August 10, when Konfutse beat KT in the playoffs.
An anonymous netizen on the South Korean dcinside forum posted insults about Faker and threatened to go to the T1 team dormitory the next day, cut off Faker's wrist, and stab Faker with a kitchen knife.
This news caused a heated discussion in South Korea. The news was quickly removed, but the police car still drove to the door of the T1 team. At the same time, police are tracking the sender's IP address, preparing to identify the suspect and arrest him.
Of course, in the past, people might think that the person posting was probably just a black fan, or a gambling dog who created problems out of thin air to bet on the game.
but
Faker is not the first person to receive a "kill notice", let alone the last.
In South Korea, a large-scale werewolf killing is slowly unfolding, with people suspicious of each other, saying bad things about each other, and even causing security anxiety.
On July 21, Cho Hyun, a 33-year-old middle-aged man, took a taxi into a shopping street near Exit 4 of Seoul Subway Shinrim Station.
He planned a random killing, and in order not to be discovered by the police, he formatted his phone and smashed the computer.
At noon, he stole a knife and took action. After Zhao Xian attacked the 20-year-old man, he stabbed three other men nearby.
The physical toll caused by the ongoing violence made him decide to sit on the steps in front of the roadside sports center to rest. The police took the opportunity to arrest him.
Crime scene
Some of the injured in the riots at Xinlin Station were discharged with minor injuries, some were treated in hospital for several days, and one died completely.
A cousin of the deceased who claimed to be the deceased filed a petition on the congressional website asking for a new sentence to the suspect's death sentence. He said the deceased's mother died of cancer before he went to college, while his father went abroad to work.
The deceased worked part-time while taking care of his younger siblings. That day I went to Shinlin to find a place with cheap rent.
A South Korean friend told Bad Reviews that although he was not involved in the disaster and only learned about it through YouTube, he was still scared because "his original home was in Shinbayashi."
Although many people talk about it, worried that such a thing will happen to them again, they still have to go to school and work, but the feeling of seeing the police on the street is much greater. But Zhao Xian's motive for killing in this case was only to make other people's lives as miserable as his own. In an interview with the media, he said that he committed the crime because he "worked too hard" and "thought only of himself".
But the confession shows that he chose the location of Xinlin to commit the crime precisely because he knew that there were many people there. Thirteen years ago, he also committed violence against strangers here and paid a fine for it.
South Korea's "JoongAng Daily" reported on July 24 that the suspect's "resume" was further exposed:
Before the Xinlin Station murder, Zhao Xian had been convicted three times for crimes such as violence, and had been imprisoned in a juvenile detention center 14 times.
They cry that this tragedy could have been avoided, but now it has happened, so be careful about the future.
As a result, within half a month after this "reflection", another indiscriminate killing incident occurred at the Pengtang Shuxian Station.
The car driven by suspect Cui Yuanzhong was registered in the name of his parents. He first rushed onto the sidewalk and beat people. He then ran into a department store, brandishing a gun and stabbing passers-by at random. The scene was chaotic, with riot witnesses desperately trying to escape.
Police arrived at the scene and arrested the suspect
In this case, more than a dozen people were hospitalized with serious injuries, and a woman named Li Xin'an also died. Her husband struggled to accept reality: "[My wife] was my first love, we met in freshman year. ”
After the suspect was arrested, he repeatedly said that he had long been hired by an unknown organization to kill people, and wanted to make the grievances public. These people harassed him the same day.
Some witnesses at the scene said there was more than one inmate at the scene, but police currently believe Cui committed a solitary crime and are expected to seek a court order. After the police initially determined that he was not using drugs or alcohol, they began to investigate his mental state.
But just when the killer was caught, people thought that the indiscriminate killing was finally over.
Another internet carnival begins.
On July 24, the third day of the incident at Xinlin Station, a murder notice suddenly appeared on the South Korean Internet, claiming that 20 women would be killed at Xinlin Station on the 26th, and attached a screenshot of the online sale of guns.
The police acted quickly, but the poster decided to turn himself in. He said that he was very angry after reading the article about the incident at Shinbayashi Station (the reason for the anger is unknown), so he uploaded a murder report.
Although I ordered a gun online, it was later canceled.
Although the poster has been arrested, he has also deleted the uploaded post. But humans are imitating animals, and this police scene homicide report has become an excellent imitation target. On July 26, the first followers appeared. An article appeared on the Internet entitled "Women Raped and Killed Near Shinbayashi Station". Police patrolled the scene and found no suspicious signs, and the "homicide report" article was subsequently deleted.
The real surge in homicide reports came after the incident at the Buntang Shuxian Station.
As of August 6, 28 cases of suggestive arbitrary crimes were being investigated and 46 "killing notice" posters were arrested nationwide, according to the Gyeonggi South Province Police Office.
South Korean special police officers perform security duties on August 4
These messages are similar in content and basically tell you when and where to do it. For example, "After I kill everyone in Caribbean Bay (local water park), I will also die", "On August 30, I will kill at Iron Mountain Middle School", "I will kill people in front of Anjo" Internet café"...
From Seoul to Busan to Gwangju, the killing manifesto is aimed across the country.
At first, the posts were somewhat aimless, aimed at ordinary people, and random places.
The poster police officer arrested in Gyeongsangnam-do said, "Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. at innisfree Giungang Station, I'm going to a shotgun party," noting in the message that he planned to shoot 18 people. With a shotgun.
However, after the police tracked him down and arrested him using IP tracking, they never found the shotgun. The poster is drunk and just wants to have fun and get attention.
But then internet "kill notifications" began to evolve and began to purposefully threaten specific people or groups.
For example, HYBE, an entertainment company owned by BTS, one of South Korea's four major brokerage companies, has also been targeted by remarks about "I want to kill in front of an office building" and "I want Chairman Bongseok." Here comes Hehe. ”
Eventually, even South Korean politicians and public institutions received reports of assassinations and terrorist attacks.
On August 7, an email sent to Seoul city officials through Japanese accounts asking to "kill Democratic Party Representative Lee Jae-myung" and saying it was a ticking time bomb "if he is not killed before the 15th." It will be blown up on August 9. ”
Lee Jae-min
A few days later, another declaration reappeared, this time saying that they would blow up the National Museum of Korea, the Japanese embassy, and the Namsan Tower.
The police immediately dispatched search dogs to inspect the designated area, but fortunately no explosives were found.
However, it was confirmed that both threats came from the same person. South Korean police have requested a joint investigation with Japanese judicial authorities and, if necessary, a red notice will be issued through Interpol. But all means are in vain. On August 16, an unidentified person sent two more e-mails, threatening to blow up government buildings, primary and secondary schools, and other places.
Later, there was even a ruthless man who declared that he wanted to "kill Yoon Seok-yue" (the president of South Korea).
Seeing this, you may have noticed that most "killing announcements" don't end up happening.
Many posters may not know what the consequences are, they are alcoholics, pranksters, children.
According to data released by the South Korean police, 48 percent of the 149 people arrested before 9 a.m. on August 14 were teenagers under the age of 19. The motivation of these kids to post is just to make a joke.
But imagine that the location of the "killing report" is near your house, can you guess that it is fake?
It's not worth the risk because the number of posters can be infinite, but you only have one life, and if you lose, you can reopen it.
Recently, a woman went to the police station to report the murder of her ex-boyfriend. As a result, the policeman he and protected him had just left the police office, also full of weapons.
And the frequent "killing announcements" seem to give South Koreans a hint that they can kill. There have indeed been some random injuries recently.
On August 4, a 27-year-old suspect infiltrated a high school in Dade District and stabbed a 49-year-old teacher seven times in the face, abdomen and chest.
On August 12, a 46-year-old suspect threatened passers-by with a knife in a Chinese restaurant and university town. He was eventually arrested and four tools, including an axe and a hammer, were confiscated...
The suspect broke into Daedok-gu High School
If targeted terror sentences are still easy to solve, then the constantly reported homicides and sporadic injuries have pierced the psychological defenses of ordinary South Koreans.
Now, many South Koreans are panicking, and the whole society is in chaos. "Self-defense weapons" once became a hot search term in NAVER, South Korea's largest search engine.
Some Koreans have also developed a mapping service called "Terrorless." The location of the incident or "murder report" is marked on the map and the approximate area is assigned.
Click on the sticker and you'll see relevant news showing the local situation, such as the suspect has been arrested or the "killing report" is fake.
In this hunting club, no one knows who the real hunters are, but everyone knows very well that they cannot be prey.
After reading those "killing notices", it is not difficult to find that in addition to the minors and monsters who are purely looking for pleasure, there are many eternal themes. Either it's a male or female gender issue, or a "I want others to be as unhappy as I am" mentality, or just venting dissatisfaction...
These are old problems. South Korea itself has relatively high social pressure. In 2022, the birth rate was only 0.78, the lowest value since South Korea's 1970 census.
South Korea has a small population, but competition is still fierce. The dishwasher that was laid off today will be replaced with a new one tomorrow. Without professional skills, it is still impossible to get by, and the part-time job in nightclubs is also robbed.
The source of stress is not only society, but also families.
Many Koreans are more than just children. As older children, they not only have to become excellent children in the eyes of their parents, but also bear the responsibilities and obligations of older siblings, and the pressure is even greater.
The BBC reported in 2021 that nearly 40 people committed suicide a day in South Korea before 2019. 95% of South Koreans say they feel stressed in their lives, and an estimated 100,000 Koreans are addicted to sleeping pills. At the same time, nearly 30% of older adults in South Korea have depressive symptoms.
As for class solidification, real estate, and so on, let alone these. In addition, South Korea has a serious sense of hierarchy. From studies to military service to working life, hierarchy binds most Koreans throughout their lives.
In February 2017, the pollster Ipsos surveyed young people aged 18-24 in 25 major cities around the world. In response to the question "Do you think you can succeed in your favorite field?" " problem. Only 38.% of respondents in Seoul said yes, the lowest of the 25 cities surveyed.
Social problems have made South Koreans lose confidence in their efforts. In developed countries, their desires have fallen into a trough.
Don't Koreans have dreams and ambitions? Of course not, but there is no room for society as a whole to realize their dreams.
Several criminal incidents have further aroused people's emotions. And the Internet, a channel through which people keep secrets and can have a huge impact on other people, has become an opening for mankind.
"Homicide reporting" has therefore become a sudden trend.
Lim Myung-ho, a professor of psychology at Dankook University, said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency that South Koreans have been in a state of tension after negative events such as the new crown and the Itaewon turmoil.
Another Korean friend, 소나, also said that South Korea's prices and public spending have risen this year, and the social atmosphere is not good.
The random injuries at Xinlin and Shuxian stations have also made people more distrustful of their surroundings.
Even small sounds are infinitely amplified. When you see a murder report, you feel even more frightened. It has also made some people realize that venting online makes it easier for people to see themselves. At the same time, South Korea's Internet content rating problem is also the culprit behind the "kill notice".
Although South Korea can restrict and censor the speech of netizens on charges such as "endangering national security" and "online defamation". However, in addition to the local social software KakaoTalk, many South Koreans also use foreign software such as ins and Facebook.
But after the South Korean government was forced into a state of emergency, it was difficult for these software to work with it immediately, so the panic did not disappear immediately, but continued to ferment.
"Although they (the police, the government) want to tell people through online platforms (YouTube, Instagram, etc.) how to respond, I think this is a very weak and unacceptable measure." 나 said, "I still hope to solve the problem mentioned above, the basic problem." ”
These are the exact words of 나
Of course, all the reasons are in people.
When the outside world slowly dominates people's lives and eventually becomes exactly the same, everyone has a very similar life trajectory, and when they cannot find existence and meaning in society...
Many decided to adapt to this life, took refuge, and became the silent majority.
But nowadays, South Korea is forming a "fight club" style atmosphere. People want to let go of hostility, want to resist, want to regain a true sense of survival with pain and blood.
There are very few people who choose to hurt others with knives so that everyone can taste their own pain; There are also many people who simply choose to shout and scare on the Internet, as they sing in "Evening Song": "Buy fake banknotes with fake banknotes". Gun. ”
Those who insulted the people and issued "killing notices" chose this sharp but foolish way to defy the yoke of fate.
But when these people raise their fists and target ordinary humans, they are just a bunch of the weakest and most incompetent losers.