서울중앙지검 형사6부(정승면 부장검사)는 일본 이 위안부 문제와 관련해 배상을 하지 않는다며 주한일본대사관에 불을 지르려 한 혐의(일반건조물방화예비)로 김모(57)씨를 구속기소했다고 21일 밝혔다.
검찰에 따르면 김씨는 이달 5일 오후 7시 20분께 불을 지를 목적으로 휘발유가 담긴 소주병 4개와 1.5ℓ 페트병 1개, 라이터를 갖고 서울 종로구 주한일본대사관 건물에 접근한 혐의를 받고 있다.
김씨는 대사관 정문 앞에서 경비 근무를 서던 경찰관에게 현장에서 체포됐다.
김씨는 경찰과 검찰 조사에서 "위안부 피해에 모르쇠로 일관하며 배상도 제대로 하지 않는 일본 정부의 행태가 괘씸해 대사관에 불을 지르려 했다"고 진술했다. (연합)
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Man indicted for attempting to set Japanese Embassy on fire
A 57-year-old man was indicted Monday for attempted arson on the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, presumably out of anger over a historical dispute between South Korea and Japan, prosecutors said.
The defendant, identified only by his surname Kim, is suspected of approaching the embassy with four bottles of soju and a 1.5-liter plastic bottle filled with gasoline, as well as a lighter at around 7:20 p.m on Sept. 5 before being caught by a police officer on guard, the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office said.
Prosecutors said Kim planned to set the fire as he was "disgusted by Japan's shameless attitude regarding South Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery for Japanese soldiers during World War II."
Seoul demands that Tokyo acknowledge state responsibility for the sex slaves, while Tokyo insists the issue was settled under the normalization treaty of 1965. (Yonhap)
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