A member of the crew in his 50s who made a weapon to kill colleagues working together at the Jang Bogo Antarctic Research Station has been sent to trial.
The Criminal Division 1 of the Gimcheon Branch of the Daegu District Prosecutors Office (chief prosecutor Lim Ji-su) said on the 28th that it indicted A under detention on charges including preparation for murder.
A is accused of cutting a steel plate on Apr. 13 at the Jang Bogo Antarctic Research Station to make a 47-centimeter-long weapon, then roaming inside the station with the intent to kill two fellow crew members.
Senior-level crew members at the station restrained and persuaded A at the time, and it was found that this did not lead to actual harm.
A, who was serving as Head of Team of a department at the station, was said to have told prosecutors that he "felt humiliated because team members did not follow instructions and ignored him."
A left the Antarctic station on the 7th and arrived in Korea on the 11th, and the Gimcheon Branch, which has jurisdiction over his address, took over the case and conducted the investigation.
Prosecutors, based on crew statements and related materials from within the station, sent A to trial under detention.