Middle school student booked over SNS post threatening to kill Seoul first-graders
Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Jeju Western Police are investigating a middle school student on suspicion of making a public threat.
- He allegedly posted in a KakaoTalk open chatroom that he would kill first-graders at an elementary school in an unspecified part of Seoul.
- Police said he did not identify a specific school or student and are examining the circumstances.
A middle school student has been booked after allegedly posting in a KakaoTalk open chatroom that he would kill first-grade elementary school students in Seoul.
Jeju Western Police said they are investigating the student on suspicion of making a public threat. The post appeared on the 24th of last month.
The student did not name a particular school or student. Police are questioning him to establish the precise circumstances of the case.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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