Police have detained a man in his 20s suspected of killing a man he had never met in a residential neighborhood in Seoul's Gangbuk District.
The Gangbuk Police Station said on the 5th that it had made an emergency arrest of the suspect, identified only as A, on a murder charge.
A is suspected of killing a man in his 70s, identified as B, in a residential area of Beon-dong, Gangbuk District, at about 11 p.m. on Oct. 3.
Police received a report that B could not be reached and, while trying to determine his whereabouts, found him dead at about 7 p.m. on Oct. 4.
Investigators identified A as a suspect after analyzing nearby closed-circuit television footage and arrested him at about 1 a.m. on Oct. 5.
Police determined that A and B had no prior acquaintance. A told investigators that the killing was unplanned and occurred after the two bumped shoulders while he was walking down the street, triggering an argument, according to police.
Police plan to seek an arrest warrant for A after establishing the exact circumstances of the case.
