A 45-year-old South Korean man was charged without detention for allegedly chasing and threatening a student with a deadly weapon, the police said on Friday.

According to Gwangjin District police, the suspect was trying to scold a group of students who were smoking and making loud noises on the street near his house in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, around 9 p.m. Thursday.

“I tried to warn them but I lost my temper and brought the knife as the students snapped at me,” the suspect said during an investigation.

The man chased a 14-year-old student who was at the site, carrying the lethal weapon while under the influence of alcohol, police said.

The boy called the police while running and avoided injury.



By Im Woo-jung, Intern reporter
(iwj@heraldcorp.com)