B, the wife of an employee who allegedly conspired with A, a taekwondo studio head accused of attempting to murder an employee at the studio he runs, appears for a pre-arrest detention hearing at the Incheon District Court Bucheon Branch in Bucheon, Gyeonggi, on the afternoon of the 9th./Courtesy of Incheon District Court Bucheon Branch

A taekwondo studio employee and the head instructor accused of trying to kill a husband with alcohol spiked with drugs are facing detention warrants.

On the afternoon of the 9th, the Bucheon branch of the Incheon District Court is holding a pre-arrest suspect questioning (warrant review) for A, a head instructor in their 20s at a taekwondo studio, and B, an employee in their 40s, who are suspected of attempted murder.

They entered the court without answering reporters' questions such as "When did you start planning the crime? Do you admit the charges?" and "What is the relationship between the two of you?"

The warrant review began at 4 p.m. that day. A decision on whether to detain them is expected in the late afternoon.

A and B are suspected of attempting to kill C, B's husband in his 50s, after storing a 1.8L plastic bottle of soju laced with drugs in the refrigerator of a dwellings in Wonmi District, Bucheon, Gyeonggi, on the 25th of last month.

Police believe they prepared the crime by targeting C's habit of usually drinking alone. However, it was found that C did not drink the alcohol in question, so it did not lead to actual harm.

A, a woman in her 20s who heads a taekwondo studio and is accused of attempting to murder an employee at the studio she runs, appears for a pre-arrest detention hearing at the Incheon District Court Bucheon Branch in Bucheon, Gyeonggi, on the afternoon of the 9th./Courtesy of News1

The case additionally came to light during the investigation after A was arrested in the act on June 6 at about 6:30 p.m. at B's home on suspicion of special assault for attacking C with a weapon and injuring him.

Police secured indications of conspiracy from text messages the two exchanged, urgently arrested B, and applied attempted murder charges to both.

A reportedly told investigators, in substance, that 60 benzodiazepine tablets were ground into powder and used in the crime.

Benzodiazepines are psychotropic pharmaceutical ingredients used to treat insomnia and anxiety disorders. They were also the drugs used in the "Gangbuk motel serial killings" committed by Kim So-young.

In a police interview, C reportedly said, "My wife was under the psychological control of the head instructor," and noted, "The head instructor pulled the strings from behind and continued the murder attempts."

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