Multiple Threats To Kill Women At Sillim Station Surface Online, Police On Alert

On July 21, KST, Seoul witnessed a terrible tragedy as a man stabbed four strangers at the Sillim subway station in Seoul. One of the victims passed away, while the other three sustained serious injuries.

Beverages and flowers left at Sillim Station to pay respects to the victim who lost his life to the stabbing | Yonhap News

Later, the police arrested the perpetrator, a man in his 30s. On July 26, they revealed his identity to the public, with his name, Cho Sun, and a picture of his face disclosed.

Police revealed the perpetrator’s picture to the public | Yonhap News

In less than a week of this incident, another threat at Sillim Station surfaced online. On July 25, around 10 pm (KST), a post was uploaded on an online forum where the writer threatened to “rape and murder women near Sillim Station.” It was later deleted, but not before the police got notified.

Upon receiving the report, the police sent a total of 11 patrol vehicles to search the area, but they found no signs of the threatened crime. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency is said to be still tracking the writer.

This is, however, not the first online threat to surface after the stabbing rampage at Sillim Station. On Tuesday, July 25, police put a man in his 20s under emergency detention on suspicions of uploading an online post the previous day threatening to “kill 20 women at Sillim Station on Wednesday.” The poster used the word “hannyeo,” which is a derogatory term used to describe Korean women in certain anti-feminist communities.

The online post threatening to kill 20 Korean women | salgoonews.com

The suspect had turned himself in, and officials are planning to seek an arrest warrant for him.