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A middle school student who wielded a knife at a classmate on the street for making fun of him was arrested by the police.
Today (10th), the Ojeong Police Station in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, announced that they are investigating and arresting a first-year middle school student on charges of injury.
Group A is accused of stabbing classmate B with a knife on the street near an apartment complex in Ojeong-gu, Bucheon-si on the 8th.
Group B, who injured his side, was taken to the hospital for treatment, and fortunately, there is no life-threatening condition.
At that time, the police, who arrived at the scene after receiving a report from Group B, caught Army A who was at a nearby academy and accompany them to investigate.
As a result of the police investigation, it was revealed that group A committed this kind of crime by leaving the house with a weapon because group B repeatedly teased him.
A police official said, "Group A is a juvenile (criminal minor) between the ages of 10 and 14.
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Meanwhile, on the 2nd, the Ministry of Justice announced that the amendment to the Juvenile Act and the Criminal Act, including a plan to lower the upper limit of the age limit for juveniles from the current 14 to 13, will be enacted by the 13th of this month.
The main contents of the revised Juvenile Act and Criminal Act include △ lowering the upper limit of the age of juveniles (based on the age of criminal minors) to 13 years △ enacting the juvenile delinquency prevention center law △ sending the juvenile detention center (No. Guaranteeing the right to object to Korea △Effective guarantee of the victim's right to testify and attend the juvenile trial.
During the notice period, the Ministry of Justice will collect opinions from all walks of life to finalize the amendment and submit the amendments to the Juvenile Act and the Criminal Act to the National Assembly within this year after going through procedures such as the Ministry of Legislative Affairs review, vice-ministerial meeting, and State Council meeting.