Police. [Herald DB]
Police. [Herald DB]

A man in his 30s who allegedly stabbed a Japanese woman in her 20s to death at an officetel and fled the scene has been arrested.

The Cheonan Seo-buk Police Station announced Thursday that it had arrested the man, identified only as A, on murder charges in connection with the killing of a foreign woman A knew.

A is suspected of attacking B, a Japanese national in her 20s, with a bladed weapon at an officetel in Dujeong-dong, Seo-buk-gu, Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, at around 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, killing B before fleeing.

Officers responding to a report from an acquaintance of B tracked A's escape route and apprehended A at around 1:06 a.m. Thursday at an undisclosed location in Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, North Jeolla Province.

Police said A and B knew each other but were not believed to have been in a romantic relationship. Investigators are questioning A to determine the circumstances and motive behind the killing.


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