The Seoul Yeongdeungpo Police Department is arresting and investigating Mr. A (26) on charges of damaging a business in the prostitution assembly site with a blunt weapon (damage of special property) on the 11th.

Mr. A is accused of smashing the glass windows of 5 businesses with a baseball bat by visiting the prostitution gathering area near Yeongdeungpo Station around 10:10 am on the same day.

Pedestrians who passed the scene and the police who were reported and dispatched overpowered Mr. A, and no one was injured.

It is reported that Mr. A said that the police had said,'I did it to cleanse the house.

A police official said, "We will investigate Mr. A according to the procedure."

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