Two Suspects Arrested on Charge of Burying Man Alive
The Pukbu Police Station in Seoul on June 1 said that it arrested two suspects, including 22-year-old man, identified only Mr. Yoon, on a murder charge relating to an incident five years ago.Yoon is implicated in the murder of Mr. Kim, then 31, who had allegedly scolded and hit Yoon for drinking liquor.
The suspects and Mr. Kim were drinking in a street tent bar in Namyangju, Kyonggi Province.
Yoon and his friend, angry at Mr. Kim for his denunciation of them, took him out of the tent bar and knocked him unconsciousness after blows with a blunt instrument.
They then moved the unconscious man to a neighboring hill and buried him alive.
The suspects, then 17, had left high school midway through.
Jangsoo Seo:jsbee@joongang.co.kr
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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