Seoul Gangnam Police Station. /Courtesy of News1 Reporter Lee Biseul

A man in his 20s was arrested for a "random assault" on a woman walking down the street in Gangnam, Seoul.

According to police on the 18th, the Gangnam Police Station recently arrested a man in his 20s, identified as A, on charges of causing injury and assault.

A is accused of assaulting a woman he saw for the first time in an alley near Sinnonhyeon Station in Gangnam-gu at about 8:30 p.m. on the 12th.

A was found to have left a restaurant after drinking and struck the woman in the face and elsewhere as she was walking by.

Police who responded to a report at the time arrested A in the act. The victim suffered injuries that will take two weeks to heal, reports said.

In a police interview, A is said to have stated to the effect that "it looked like she was staring at me." The specific circumstances of the incident is under investigation.

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