The personal information of Jang Yun-gi, 23, who killed a female high school student and attacked a male high school student with a weapon on a downtown street in Gwangju, was released on the 14th.
The Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency disclosed Jang Yun-gi's face photo, date of birth, and other details on its website starting at 7 a.m. that day and referred the case to the prosecution on charges including murder and attempted murder.
Police decided to release the personal information on the 8th, but because Jang Yun-gi did not consent, they observed a five-day grace period and posted it that day.
Jang Yun-gi left the police station that day and headed to the transport vehicle, answering only "I'm sorry" to reporters' questions such as "Are you reflecting on your actions?" He then looked at the reporters again before boarding the vehicle and said, "I'm sorry."
At about 12:11 a.m. on the 5th, near a university pedestrian path in Wolgye-dong, Gwangsan District, Jang Yun-gi is accused of fatally stabbing A, a 17-year-old second-year high school girl, and also attacking B, a 17-year-old male high school student, with a weapon.
Jang Yun-gi initially targeted as the victim a person of the opposite sex who had reported Jang as a "stalker," but, in a fit of anger, committed the crime against unrelated victims instead, it was found.
In the early stage of the investigation, police classified the case as a "random" crime based on the fact that Jang Yun-gi had no connection with the student victims. However, through reconstructing movements, profiler interviews, and smartphone forensics, they concluded that Jang's crime was an "anger crime." The intent of the original offense was clear, and Jang had devised a degree of meticulous planning, such as destroying evidence, which they said distinguishes it from a random crime that indiscriminately targets an unspecified number of people.