Luckily, it was discovered early...
According to Korean media reports, the Seongnam Bundang Police Station in Gyeonggi Province filed a case against a 38-year-old man on suspicion of violating the "Misdemeanor Punishment Act" for "carrying a murder weapon".
At around 8:22 p.m. yesterday, the man was drinking at a bar near Suhyeon Station, when the 28-centimeter-long murder weapon he was carrying with him accidentally fell and caused panic among the guests present, after which he picked up the murder weapon and left the bar.
The owner of the bar reported the incident to the police after the man left, and the police officers on dispatch launched a search in the neighborhood and arrested the man at around 8:50 p.m. that night.
When the man was investigated by the police, he said: "Because it was Halloween, I brought out the murder weapon in order to be handsome." ”
"At first, the man refused to reveal his identity, so he was arrested as an active offender, and he was released after his identity was confirmed," the police said, and "an investigation will be conducted into whether the murder weapon he was carrying was included in the permitted object."
After the incident was reported by the media, Korean netizens had palpitations: "Just let it go so casually? Have you forgotten the indiscriminate murder incident that happened at Suhyeon Station before", "Who knows if he tried to create trouble under the pretext of Halloween but failed", "Do you think you can do whatever you want on Halloween? A while ago, everyone panicked because of the murder prediction", "Stop celebrating this kind of Western holiday, what's so good about it", "Do you want to turn others into ghosts and enjoy a veritable Halloween"...
Some netizens accused the reporter of clearly indicating the identity of the reporter in the news, worried that the reporter would be retaliated against: "Is there something wrong with the reporter? Directly disclosed the identity of the informant, are you not afraid that the informant will be retaliated against", "If the bar owner is retaliated against, the reporter will be responsible", "The current reporter is so unconscientious, how can people call the police in the future", "The reporter is so awesome, you just tell the prisoner to retaliate"...
Since the indiscrimate homicide incident in Sinlim-dong in South Korea this year, imitation crimes and homicide notices have been frequent.
In August this year, a 22-year-old suspect, Choi, carried out an indiscriminate assault with a knife in a department store near Suhyeon Station, injuring nine people. Prior to that, he also drove a light vehicle onto the sidewalk on the road in front of the department store, injuring five people.
After receiving the report from the masses, the police immediately rushed to the scene to arrest Cui, who committed murder while fleeing in order to avoid the police.
According to the police investigation, Cui dropped out of high school due to social phobia, and was later diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder in the psychiatric department. When he was investigated, he said: "There is a specific group that is following me, torturing me, trying to kill me, they are peeping into my entire private life", "I want to kill whatever I see, because there is a specific group that hires murderers to kill me, and I am also trying to survive, and there is no way."
The police said: "Based on the comprehensive situation of various circumstances, it is very likely that Cui committed the crime because of mental illness such as paranoia of victimization." ”
Carrying a murder weapon near Shuhyeon Station, where there has already been an indiscriminate wounding incident, does he want to cos Cui? Take 10,000 steps back, even if he really has no malicious intent, but the 28-centimeter-long murder weapon can easily bring panic to others, and Halloween really becomes an excuse!