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![Choi Won-jong speaks to reporters at Seongnam Sujeong Police Station in on Aug. 10, 2023, as he is transferred to the prosecution. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12076444.jpg?imageId=12076444&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Main: A dead wild boar on the platform of Hopo Station in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang on Tuesday. Inset: The injured arm of the man bitten by the wild boar. [GYEONGSANGNAM-DO FIRE DEPARTMENT]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11082043.jpg?imageId=11082043&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Police officers dispatched to AK Plaza shopping mall in Bundang District, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, on Aug. 3, where the random knifing attack claimed the life of one woman and injured at least a dozen people. One of the injured victim was hospitalized and succumbed to her injuries later in August. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11935276.jpg?imageId=11935276&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A man arrested for posting a message online to kill at least 20 women in Sillim-dong, Seoul, is being led into a hearing at a court in Incheon for his arrest warrant on Aug. 22. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10355111.jpg?imageId=10355111&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Choi Won-jong, encircled in red, runs after civilians at a shopping mall in Bundang, Gyeonggi, last Thursday in a stabbing rampage that killed one and injured 13. [SCREEN CAPTURE OF CCTV FOOTAGE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10714141.jpg?imageId=10714141&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Police commandos and their armored vehicle guard the area near Gangnam Station in southern Seoul on Sunday. Police dispatched additional officers near subway stations and department stores over the weekend amid a flurry of online threats of more stabbings in public spaces. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11453717.jpg?imageId=11453717&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)