Fatal electric shock claims three lives at public bathhouse on Christmas Eve
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Fatal electric shock claims three lives at public bathhouse on Christmas Eve

Published: 24 Dec. 2023, 10:23 Updated: 25 Dec. 2023, 14:05
The public bathhouse in Jochiwon-eup, Sejong, on Sunday closed off after three people suffered electrical shock. Two did not survive. [YONHAP]

The public bathhouse in Jochiwon-eup, Sejong, on Sunday closed off after three people suffered electrical shock. Two did not survive. [YONHAP]

Three elderly women lost their lives after being shocked by electricity at a public bathhouse in Sejong on Christmas Eve. 
 
The victims, all in their 70s, were discovered unconscious by another customer who entered the public bathhouse at 5:37 a.m. and were transported to the hospital, according to Sejong police.
 

BY LEE HO-JEONG [lee.hojeong@joongang.co.kr]
tags electrical shock public bath sejong Christmas Eve

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