Man apprehended for carrying knives in Seoul
![The Seocho Police Precinct in southern Seoul [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2023/08/04/68efab14-d5d6-46ca-8e3b-abb2df7bd52e.jpg)
The Seocho Police Precinct in southern Seoul [YONHAP]
Police on Friday apprehended a man in his 20s who possessed knives at Seoul Express Bus Terminal in southern Seoul.
The man was taken into custody at the site after a report was made to the police at around 10:39 a.m. that a man was walking around with a weapon, according to the Seocho Police Precinct.
Police confiscated two knives from the man.
No casualties have been reported.
The custody came a day after a 22-year-old man wielded a knife at a shopping center near Seohyeon Station in Bundang, Gyeonggi.
At least 14 were injured, and two are in critical condition, at risk of being brain dead.
BY CHO JUNG-WOO,LEE BO-RAM [cho.jungwoo1@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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