Seoul police arrest daughter on suspicion of killing her mother in Gangseo District
In short
Seoul Gangseo police said they made an emergency arrest of a woman identified as A on 22 October on suspicion of killing her mother in Gangseo District. Police received a report at about 08:15 and arrested her at about 08:40. They plan to change the charge from murder to murder of a parent, and the motive is under investigation.
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Seoul Gangseo Police Station said on 22 October that it had made an emergency arrest of a daughter, identified only as A, on suspicion of killing her mother in Gangseo District, Seoul. Police received a report at about 08:15 and arrested A at about 08:40. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
Yonhap and Kyunghyang Shinmun placed the arrest in Ujangsan-dong. Kyunghyang Shinmun described A as a woman in her 40s and the victim as her mother in her 60s, and said the report to police was reportedly made by A. Newsis and Dong-A Ilbo said the report was to the effect that she had killed her mother. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
Police applied a murder charge at the time of arrest. They said that A and the victim were later confirmed to be mother and daughter, and that they plan to change the charge to murder of a parent (존속살해). Police are investigating the exact motive and the course of events. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
Why it matters
The documents give no basis for wider significance. Police say they are still investigating the motive and the course of events.
Key facts
- Seoul Gangseo Police Station said on 22 October that it made an emergency arrest of a daughter, identified as A, on suspicion of killing her mother. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
- Police received a report at about 08:15 and arrested A at about 08:40. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
- Yonhap and Kyunghyang Shinmun placed the arrest in Ujangsan-dong, Gangseo District. [ 1 , 3 ]
- Police applied a murder charge at the time of arrest and plan to change it to murder of a parent (존속살해) after confirming that A and the victim are mother and daughter. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
- Kyunghyang Shinmun described A as a woman in her 40s and the victim as her mother in her 60s. [ 3 ]
- Police are investigating the exact motive and the course of events. [ 1 , 2 , 4 ]
Confirmed by several sources
- Seoul Gangseo police arrested a daughter, A, on an emergency basis on 22 October on suspicion of killing her mother in Gangseo District. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
- A report came in at about 08:15 and A was arrested at about 08:40. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
- Police plan to change the charge from murder to murder of a parent after confirming that A and the victim are mother and daughter. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
- Police are investigating the motive and the course of events. [ 1 , 2 , 4 ]
Still unclear
- The motive and the circumstances of the killing. Police said they are still investigating and have released no details.
- Who made the report to police. Only Kyunghyang Shinmun said the report was reportedly made by A; the other outlets say only that a report was received.
- The ages of A and the victim. Only Kyunghyang Shinmun gives them (A in her 40s, victim in her 60s).