Chinese Man Accused of Stabbing Korean Woman Praying At A Church In Jeju
Here is another story of someone from China committing a crime against a Korean national on Jeju:
A Chinese man suspected of attacking an elderly woman with a lethal weapon at a Catholic church in Jeju was arrested on Saturday, police said.
The 50-year-old man, whose identity was withheld by police, was hiding at an unidentified place in Seoguipo on the southern resort island of Jeju when police nabbed him, the Jeju Seobu Police Station said. The place is some 40 kilometers away from the scene of the incident.
He has since been under probe on attempted murder charges, they added.
The Chinese man fled the scene after stabbing the chest and abdomen of a 61-year-old Korean woman who was praying inside a Catholic church in Jeju alone at about 8:45 a.m., the police said. The type of weapon used was not specified.
The woman, identified only by her surname Kim, was in critical condition. [Yonhap]
You can read more at the link, but I can’t help but think how much different the media reaction would be in South Korea if a USFK servicemember walked into a church and tried to murder someone like this.
The woman has died next day while being treated. It is now a murder case. The Chinese man claims that he did it because he got mad and suddenly felt the urge to kill this woman, thinking about his two ex-wives who left him. But the police believe the Chinese plotted for two days after he arrived as a tourist, bought the knife, and waited around the church for a victim. He also did not enter the church through the main door, but he busted through a locked door in the back of the church, trying to avoid detection. The police say the murder was a carefully prepared and deliberate.