A man in his 70s was taken into police custody on suspicion of fatally attacking his wife with a weapon on Seollal.
According to police and others on the 17th, the Jeongeup Police Station in North Jeolla Province arrested A, 78, on suspicion of murder and is under investigation.
A is accused of stabbing his wife with a weapon at their home at about 11:55 a.m. that day, causing her death. Immediately after the crime, A confessed to the crime to his son, and police, responding to the son's report, arrested A.
Police are questioning A about the motive for the crime and other details.
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