Man in His 50s Wearing Ankle Monitor Arrested After Threatening Knife Attack at Blue House

Threatened a knife attack by phone after turning off ankle monitor
No weapon found when police arrested him

Yonhap News Agency

A man in his 50s was arrested by police after turning off his electronic ankle monitor and threatening a knife attack while subject to a provisional measure requiring him to wear the device in connection with a stalking case.

Jongno Police Station in Seoul said it had urgently arrested the man, identified as A, on suspicion of tampering with an electronic ankle monitor the previous day, November 1, and applied for a warrant to detain him on November 2.

A had been ordered to wear an electronic tracking device as a provisional measure in a stalking case. He is suspected of calling an official at the Seoul Eastern Probation Office the previous day and saying, "I will carry out knife attacks at the Blue House, the National Police Agency, and the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency," before turning off the ankle monitor.

Police, who were dispatched after the probation office reported the incident, urgently arrested A on a street in Naesu-dong, Jongno-gu, at around 12:20 p.m. the previous day. No weapon was found on him, according to reports.

Jongno Police Station transferred A to Songpa Police Station, which had investigated him on suspicion of violating the Stalking Punishment Act and referred the case.

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