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dairyairy
Joined: 17 May 2012
Location: South Korea
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 Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:15 pm Post subject: 8 knifed on rampage at subway station |
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/08/117_117695.html
I'm surprised no one posted this story.
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By Yun Suh-young
A man in his 30s suddenly attacked citizens with a knife at a subway station in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, Saturday evening, injuring eight passengers and triggering pandemonium.
The attack by the 39-year-old man, identified by his family name Yoo, started when he spat in a subway car and got into a quarrel with two passengers who reprimanded him.
Yoo, a day laborer, got off at the station but the two followed him out.
He swung a box-cutter at the duo _ a man and a woman _ on the platform, inflicting facial and shoulder injuries.
Yoo then went on to attack six others who were waiting on the platform.
The station was splattered with blood and passengers panicked while trying to escape the scene. Officials at the station and citizens cooperated in efforts to catch the perpetrator, who was apprehended by police 10 minutes later.
The injured were taken to four hospitals by the 119 rescue team. They are all in a stable condition.
The police requested an arrest warrant for Yoo after two days of investigation into his motive and details of the incident. He will be charged with attempted murder and assault.
Investigators quoted Yoo as stating that he attacked the people in a fit of anger. He said the assault stemmed from being scolded by a passenger inside the subway carriage.
According to witnesses, Yoo left the train immediately after being told off by a male passenger for spitting on the floor of the subway train. The passenger, however, followed Yoo outside the train saying, �How can an adult spit on a public facility?�
Yoo, who was on an ascending escalator at the time, suddenly attacked the man and the woman accompanying him with a knife and fled on the descending escalator. When he landed on the platform, he started swinging his knife randomly at people.
As the platform was thrown into chaos, Yoo escaped the scene. Several citizens and station officials followed him and confronted him 120 meters from the station until the police came and took him away.
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Zackback
Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Location: Kyungbuk
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Relived though that no one was killed because of this. |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| terrible, but my first thought was 'glad it wasnt a foreigner that did this...' |
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happiness
Joined: 04 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| le-paul wrote: |
| terrible, but my first thought was 'glad it wasnt a foreigner that did this...' |
me too. remember the burning of the national monument? my 1st thought then too.
man, we all must be on edge.
that is terrible. you dont hear alot about those kind of things here... |
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JustinC
Joined: 10 Mar 2012
Location: We Are The World!
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| le-paul wrote: |
| terrible, but my first thought was 'glad it wasnt a foreigner that did this...' |
Unlikely a foreigner would spit on a subway, also unlikely a Korean would. |
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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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| JustinC wrote: |
| le-paul wrote: |
| terrible, but my first thought was 'glad it wasnt a foreigner that did this...' |
Unlikely a foreigner would spit on a subway, also unlikely a Korean would. |
Well I've seen the latter myself, but it's much rarer than e.g. vomiting after 9pm. This being so unlikely is probably why it upset some of the other passengers. If you'd vomit on the train, people would normally leave you alone. |
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JustinC
Joined: 10 Mar 2012
Location: We Are The World!
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| orosee wrote: |
| JustinC wrote: |
| le-paul wrote: |
| terrible, but my first thought was 'glad it wasnt a foreigner that did this...' |
Unlikely a foreigner would spit on a subway, also unlikely a Korean would. |
Well I've seen the latter myself, but it's much rarer than e.g. vomiting after 9pm. This being so unlikely is probably why it upset some of the other passengers. If you'd vomit on the train, people would normally leave you alone. |
And the ratio of foreigner - Korean must be well into double figures, if 1% of each spit there's a much greater chance it'll be a Korean. |
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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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| JustinC wrote: |
| orosee wrote: |
| JustinC wrote: |
| le-paul wrote: |
| terrible, but my first thought was 'glad it wasnt a foreigner that did this...' |
Unlikely a foreigner would spit on a subway, also unlikely a Korean would. |
Well I've seen the latter myself, but it's much rarer than e.g. vomiting after 9pm. This being so unlikely is probably why it upset some of the other passengers. If you'd vomit on the train, people would normally leave you alone. |
And the ratio of foreigner - Korean must be well into double figures, if 1% of each spit there's a much greater chance it'll be a Korean. |
Definitely, I don't even know how to spit. |
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Chalmers
Joined: 20 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| He was drunk, it's ok. |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| That's a scary situation. Glad I wasn't there. At least they caught him. |
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Dave Chance
Joined: 30 May 2011
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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Sucks to be at the bottom of the totem pole in a hierarchal society.
Doesn't excuse his actions.
However, he is a product of his environment to a certain extent. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Dave Chance wrote: |
Sucks to be at the bottom of the totem pole in a hierarchal society.
Doesn't excuse his actions.
However, he is a product of his environment to a certain extent. |
Always trying to find an opportunity to trot out your agenda, eh?
How much do you know about this guy? Anything beyond the article?
Or are you going to try to post up pictures of his "hut" just to further your agenda (again)? |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
| Dave Chance wrote: |
Sucks to be at the bottom of the totem pole in a hierarchal society.
Doesn't excuse his actions.
However, he is a product of his environment to a certain extent. |
Always trying to find an opportunity to trot out your agenda, eh?
How much do you know about this guy? Anything beyond the article?
Or are you going to try to post up pictures of his "hut" just to further your agenda (again)? |
Lol. At this point Dave Chance's posts are just funny to me. They're so out of place I wonder if he's deliberately trying to get us to laugh.
But if you think about it though I don't see his post as any different from the "Glad it wasn't a gun" remarks from the current events forum. People are always trying to use tragedies to push their agendas. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:01 pm Post subject: Re: 8 knifed on rampage at subway station |
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| dairyairy wrote: |
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/08/117_117695.html
I'm surprised no one posted this story.
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By Yun Suh-young
A man in his 30s suddenly attacked citizens with a knife at a subway station in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, Saturday evening, injuring eight passengers and triggering pandemonium.
The attack by the 39-year-old man, identified by his family name Yoo, started when he spat in a subway car and got into a quarrel with two passengers who reprimanded him.
Yoo, a day laborer, got off at the station but the two followed him out.
He swung a box-cutter at the duo _ a man and a woman _ on the platform, inflicting facial and shoulder injuries.
Yoo then went on to attack six others who were waiting on the platform.
The station was splattered with blood and passengers panicked while trying to escape the scene. Officials at the station and citizens cooperated in efforts to catch the perpetrator, who was apprehended by police 10 minutes later.
The injured were taken to four hospitals by the 119 rescue team. They are all in a stable condition.
The police requested an arrest warrant for Yoo after two days of investigation into his motive and details of the incident. He will be charged with attempted murder and assault.
Investigators quoted Yoo as stating that he attacked the people in a fit of anger. He said the assault stemmed from being scolded by a passenger inside the subway carriage.
According to witnesses, Yoo left the train immediately after being told off by a male passenger for spitting on the floor of the subway train. The passenger, however, followed Yoo outside the train saying, �How can an adult spit on a public facility?�
Yoo, who was on an ascending escalator at the time, suddenly attacked the man and the woman accompanying him with a knife and fled on the descending escalator. When he landed on the platform, he started swinging his knife randomly at people.
As the platform was thrown into chaos, Yoo escaped the scene. Several citizens and station officials followed him and confronted him 120 meters from the station until the police came and took him away.
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I get that it was bad for him to spit on the subway, but they were stupid to harass him for it and berating a total stranger and going after him is not very smart. I don't feel super sorry for those people, though I understand why they didn't like him spitting on the subway. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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Hold on. It says they "followed him" off/out of the train. Perhaps they simply got off (?)
He attacked them AND others. Was there a whole horde of people determined to talk to this guy about spitting... or could it be that he simply snapped?
The guy was a loon. |
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