In March 2020, eight middle school students drove without a license from Seoul to Daejeon in a stolen car.



The car they were driving ran away from police crackdowns and crashed into a motorcycle, and a college freshman working part-time as a delivery student died.



They were under the age of 14 at the time and were not subject to criminal punishment, but social outrage has spread as their non-reflection attitude became known.



As a result of SBS coverage, it was confirmed that three of the perpetrators at the time came out of the juvenile detention center and committed a crime again.



Together with two people of the same age, they repeatedly assaulted middle school students younger than them in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul.



A 13-year-old middle school student, group A, initially received a request for money from people he knew.



[Group A / Victim: At first, it was just a joke that the hyungs were just sparring…

I also shoot BBs and that's it.

He tells him to bring all the gold rings and anything like that.

It's just famous all over the country.

]



After losing more than 1 million won and refusing to meet, the brutal assault began.



[ Army A / Victim: I tied him up with a cable tie and hit him, and then I smacked his wrist with a lighter.

The scar is here...

After I broke the cable tie, it kept getting worse.

]



On the night of the 3rd of last month, the assault continued for 5 hours.



It is behind the building where Army A was assaulted.

It is a sparsely populated place, but Army A was assaulted in this corner, a blind spot for CCTV.



[ Group A / Victim : I woke up and my legs were a little numb and I couldn't move well.

So, to be honest with my dad, what should I do in this situation...

.

]



The police investigation started with the report of Army A, and they continued the crime without responding even when the police called to come for the investigation.



On the 11th of last month, they took another middle school student group B to a jjimjilbang and cafe for 18 hours and assaulted them.



[Group B / Victim: In the cold bath, wrestling or something like water torture…

Slap me in the face in the smoking room.

“I just want to hit him,” he said.

]



Group B broke two of his teeth in the process, and even had his hair cut forcibly.



[Group B / Victim: My hair is messy...

It was so embarrassing that I cried at first.

“Why are you scared?” and then “I have to get hit again” (I hit him).

]



The police said that they were already a target of fear for middle school students in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul.



( Reporting: Se-won Park / Video coverage: Dong-guk Lim, Hyeon-cheol Park / Editing: Ji-young Hwang / Production: D Content Planning Department )