Police in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, have detained two people after a group of foreign nationals fought in a neighborhood park late at night.
Pyeongtaek Police Station said on the 4th that it had booked a Russian man in his 20s, identified as A, and a Kyrgyz national identified as B, on suspicion of violating the law on punishment of violent acts.
According to police, A and the others are suspected of brawling with several other foreign nationals at a park in a residential area of Dogok-ri, Poseung-eup, Pyeongtaek, at about 11:30 p.m. the previous day.
Video provided to Yonhap News Agency by a member of a volunteer neighborhood patrol who was at the scene shows several foreign nationals swinging bats and wooden clubs at people crouching on the ground in a group assault.
Another clip captured the group kicking a man and then scattering in all directions as patrol members approached.
Officers who responded to a report arrested A and B at the scene.
At the time, the two had tried to flee after spotting a patrol car, but members of a civilian crime-prevention patrol helped police apprehend them by blocking the road with their vehicle and pointing out one suspect who was lingering nearby, according to accounts of the incident.
Police also recovered several blunt weapons, including wooden clubs, from a vehicle left behind by those who fled.
A and B were found to have injuries including fractures, however, and police released them after confirming their identities. Both are now receiving hospital treatment, according to accounts of the incident.
A and the others entered the country on student visas and other permits and are not undocumented residents. Police are also questioning two other Kyrgyz men who were at the scene as witnesses.
Based on nearby security camera footage, police believe about 10 people took part in the fight and are tracing the movements of the remaining suspects who fled.
Some witnesses, however, said the number of foreign nationals involved in the fight was higher than the police estimate.
