Man in Hospital Gown Threatens Passersby with Weapon Outside Hospital; Arrested on the Spot

A man in his 40s was arrested by police after wielding a weapon and threatening passersby in front of a university hospital in Seoul. On the 5th, the Seoul Dongjak Police Station said it had arrested the man, identified only as A, on the spot on charges of carrying a weapon in a public place and is investigating him. Mr. A is accused of carrying a weapon on a road near a university hospital in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, at around 11:30 a.m.

Mr. A was a patient admitted to the hospital at the time, and reportedly picked up the weapon after believing that a hospital security guard was trying to harm him. No one was injured in the incident, according to authorities.

Mr. A is currently being held for protection at another medical institution in Incheon. Police plan to investigate him without detention.