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A 20-year-old man who posted a false post online 'installed explosives on a university campus' and sent the military and police to the scene has been sentenced to probation.
According to the legal community today (23rd), Detective 7 of the Daejeon District Court (Chief Judge Kim Do-yeon) sentenced A (26), who was charged with obstructing the execution of hierarchical duties, to 8 months in prison with 2 years of probation and 120 hours of community service. commanded.
Mr. A is accused of posting an article titled "I installed a bomb on the first floor of the library" on the online community bulletin board of Chungnam National University around 3 pm on April 2, last year.
The article said, "(the bomb) is set to explode at 3:30" and "Those in the library should evacuate. It's not a joke."
At that time, the faculty and staff who saw this article were very surprised and reported it to the police, and about 200 students and faculty members in the library were evacuated out of the building.
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Also, in case of an emergency, about 10 members of the 32nd Division of the Army and a special police force mobilized to check whether explosives were installed inside the library.
However, the post turned out to be a lie.
The next day, April 3, 2021, Mr. A visited Chungnam National University with his mother and delivered his intention to surrender.
During the investigation, Mr. A is said to have stated, "I wanted to play around, I wanted to get attention."
To Mr. A, who had to stand in court, the court said, "The police officers and others were meaningless to mobilize because of Mr. A's claim that it was just a joke." This is very bad.”
Nevertheless, he explained the reason for the sentencing, saying, "I took into account the fact that Mr.