A victim was sexually assaulted and lost consciousness in a hill connected to a park in Seoul in broad daylight. Police arrested a suspect in his 30s at the scene.
The Seoul Gwanak Police Station arrested a man in his 30s as a current criminal at a hill in Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul at 12:10 noon on the 17th and is investigating the circumstances of the crime.
According to the police, Mr. A is accused of beating안전놀이터 and sexually assaulting the victim (rape injury) near the mountain trail during the day.
The police were dispatched to the report of a hiker who heard the victim’s scream, “Please save me,” and arrested Mr. A at the scene.
The place where the incident occurred is a mountainside hiking trail about 100m away from the trail connecting the park and the mountain.
The police believe that Mr. A and the victim do not know each other. The victim was immediately taken to the hospital, but remains unconscious. The police suspect that Mr. A assaulted the victim using a blunt instrument made of metal.
Immediately after the arrest of Mr. A, the police took a breathalyzer and a simple reagent test, but it was found that he was not drinking or taking drugs at the time of the crime.
The police said that Mr. A was not subject to wearing an electronic anklet due to sexual crimes.
The police plan to apply for an arrest warrant for Mr. A on the 18th. It was decided to secure medical records and Internet search records to determine whether he had a mental illness and whether he planned the crime in advance.