A 20-year-old office worker stops a knife attack in Incheon... Throw a chair and subdue it

It was found that the knife attack that occurred at a large commercial facility in Incheon could have prevented further damage through the courageous actions of an ordinary office worker in his 20s.

According to Incheon Namdong Police Station on the 13th, Mr. A (59), who has a history of attempted murder, was subdued by citizens while brandishing a weapon at an unspecified number of citizens at around 1:40 pm on the same day at the See&See building, a large commercial facility in Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, which houses a large supermarket and a movie theater.

The person who played a key role at this time was office worker Shin Jung-hyun (23).

Mr. Shin said in a phone call with Yonhap News that day, "At first, I heard loud noises that sounded like children playing, and when I got closer, I heard screams and shouts of 'help me' and 'run away'."

At the time, Mr. Shin was on his way to see a movie with his girlfriend at CGV, located on the 4th floor of the building.

As I got closer to where I heard people screaming, I saw Mr. A holding a weapon in his hand.

Mr. A was going up the escalator going down to the 4th floor.

Mr. Shin's girlfriend urgently shouted at him to run away, and Mr. Shin reflexively tried to run away.

However, in that brief moment, Shin said, it occurred to him that the majority of moviegoers were children and women.

He said, “If this man came up to the fourth floor (there was no one to stop him), I really thought we would all die.”

Eventually, Mr. Shin turned again and headed towards the handrail of the escalator that Mr. A had come up from.

In his haste, he grabbed a backless chair nearby for self-defense.

Meanwhile, Mr. A was almost up to the 4th floor movie theater, and when the back of his head was visible over the railing, Mr. Shin threw the chair he was holding with all his might.

I don't remember where the chair that flew hit Mr. A because he was so confused, but Mr. A seemed to have lost consciousness and fell down on the spot and was unable to get up.

Mr. A was put on an escalator going down and headed towards the 3rd floor, and Mr. Shin shouted to the person downstairs to catch him.

Citizens who heard this noise subdued Mr. A by pressing him down with a chair, and soon the police arrived and arrested him.

Mr. Shin said, “Later, I watched the news and found out that this man was going around stabbing everyone he saw,” and sighed with relief, “If this man had come up to the fourth floor, we wouldn’t have been safe either.”

He said, "There were too many children, but I did it because I wanted to live," and added, "I'm glad I was able to prevent further damage."