A blockade protest at the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium vote-counting center in Songpa-gu, Seoul, continues, sparked by a ballot shortage during the June 3 local elections. Photo by Lee Sang-sub
A blockade protest at the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium vote-counting center in Songpa-gu, Seoul, continues, sparked by a ballot shortage during the June 3 local elections. Photo by Lee Sang-sub

A man in his 80s was stopped by police after attempting to join the ongoing "vote-counting center blockade" protest in Jamsil, now in its 16th consecutive day, while carrying a gas gun.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the man, identified only by his surname initial A, was caught by police around 12:40 p.m. Saturday near gates 1-3 of the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in Songpa-gu, Seoul, as he tried to enter the rally with a gas gun.

Officers checked his firearms possession permit and sent him home.


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