Couple Reports Man in Mask Holding Weapon and Asking for Location of Recycling Station

Police: "Man Had Left by the Time Officers Arrived...Facts Being Checked via Nearby CCTV"

The police have launched an investigation after receiving a report that a man armed with a weapon was wandering around a park on Yeongjong Island, Incheon.


Police car. Photo by Yonhap News

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According to Incheon Yeongjong Police Station on September 29, a 112 emergency call was made in the afternoon of the previous day, reporting that an unidentified man was walking around a park in Yeongjong-gu, Incheon, carrying a weapon.


The couple who made the report explained to the police that the man, whose face was covered with a mask, was holding a weapon about the length of a finger and asked them where the recycling station was located.


The police are reviewing nearby CCTV footage to verify the details of the report and to identify the man involved.



An official from the police stated, "By the time officers arrived at the scene in response to the report, the man had already left. We are currently checking local CCTV to clarify the facts."


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