▲ Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station
A family is facing criminal charges after a father attempted to scold high school students for smoking in a residential area, only to be met with mockery that led his sons to brandish a weapon.
According to the Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station on Wednesday (June 17), the incident occurred in a residential neighborhood in Sinchang-dong, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, on June 10.
A group of high school students, carrying backpacks, habitually climbed over the wall of a man identified as A's home and smoked in a corner of the building, with the smoke drifting directly into the house.
Unable to endure it any longer, A scolded them, telling them, "Do not climb over the wall," and "Do not smoke here," but he was met with mockery and severe verbal abuse from the students.
Although A attempted to chase them away with a cleaning mop, the high school students ran around the neighborhood, pretending to avoid the confrontation while taunting him.
A's two sons, who have developmental disabilities and were watching the situation from inside the house, were unable to contain their anger.
Eventually, the sons brought a weapon out from the house and threatened the students.
The commotion ended when A calmed his sons down and took the weapon away, and police arrived following a report from a resident.
However, because they used a weapon to threaten others, A and his sons are now facing potential punishment.
The area where the incident occurred is known to be a place where residents have frequently complained about habitual smoking, noise, and trespassing by teenagers.
The Gwangsan Police Station has referred the father, A, and his two sons to the prosecution without detention on charges of special intimidation.
A police official stated, "We have determined this was an impulsive incident that occurred while frustrations had been building up over noise and smoking issues in the residential area," adding, "We referred them to the prosecution without detention, taking into account that the students did not wish for them to be punished."
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