A man in his 20s suspected of posting online that he would plant an explosive at the Incheon District Court turned himself in to police in Busan.
According to the Haeundae Police Station in Busan on the 1st, a man in his 20s, identified as A, is being investigated by police on suspicion of making a public threat. A is accused of posting on an online community on the 29th that he would send a so-called "USB bomb" to the Incheon District Court.
Police who received the report said they deployed 34 officers, including 10 members of a police special operations unit, and three explosive-detection dogs to search the Incheon District Court building in Michuhol District, Incheon. The Incheon District Court also strengthened security screening with police.
The post has since been deleted. Police are questioning A on the exact circumstances of the post and the motive.