On the afternoon of Nov. 7, A, the teacher who killed a Daejeon elementary student, is moving to a detention center in a police van after completing their first face-to-face investigation at the Daejeon Western Police Station. /Courtesy of Yonhap News

A 40-year-old elementary school teacher, identified as A, who is accused of killing 8-year-old Kim Ha-neul at an elementary school in Daejeon, did not attend the pre-arrest suspect interrogation.

According to Yonhap News, the pre-arrest suspect interrogation for A was held at the Daejeon District Court at 3 p.m. A expressed to the police that he would not attend the court, and the court proceeded with the hearing without A. A decision on whether to issue an arrest warrant for A is expected to come out late in the afternoon.

A is accused of killing Kim with a weapon at an elementary school in Daejeon on the 10th of last month. A is currently detained at the Daejeon Dunsan Police Station.

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