[Herald DB]
[Herald DB]

A man in his 20s has been arrested after threatening two elementary school students with a knife at a library inside an apartment complex.

The Uijeongbu Police Station in Gyeonggi Province arrested the man, identified only as A, on charges of aggravated intimidation and is investigating the case, police said Tuesday.

According to police, A is accused of threatening two elementary school students with a knife at a library inside an apartment complex in Uijeongbu at around 4:40 p.m. Monday.

The students had been making phone calls inside the library when A went home, retrieved a knife and returned to threaten them, demanding they take their calls outside, police said.

The victims' parents received calls from their children saying a man with a knife had appeared at the library and dialed 112. Officers who responded arrested A at the scene.

Police are investigating the full circumstances of the incident and A's motive.


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