Around 11 p.m. on the 22nd, a forensic team at the scene in Seodaemun District, Seoul, conducts an investigation./Courtesy of Reporter Jeong Doo-yong

Police arrested a man in his 40s on suspicion of killing an acquaintance with a weapon, and he is under investigation.

According to Yonhap News on the 23rd, the Seodaemun Police Station in Seoul apprehended A at about 8:30 p.m. on the 22nd on suspicion of wielding a weapon and killing an acquaintance at the acquaintance's office in Seodaemun District, Seoul. The two were not coworkers but knew each other, it said.

After the crime, A returned to a home in Dongan District, Anyang, Gyeonggi, and told family members about the crime. Police, dispatched after a 112 call from the family, urgently arrested A. Police said the specific motive and circumstances is under investigation.

Around 11 p.m. on the 22nd, police dispatched to the scene in Seodaemun District, Seoul, set up a police line./Courtesy of Reporter Jeong Doo-yong

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