A US man was arrested in South Korea on suspicion of beating two US soldiers in the street while drunk, Yonhap news agency and other media reported Sunday.
The report quoted police sources as saying that the 30-year-old man suspected of local time, 21, about 60 km away from Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, Pyeongtaek City Street beat two 20-year-old U. S. soldiers stationed in South Korea.
Local 21, an American man (second from right) in the streets of Pyeongtaek City, beating US soldiers stationed in South Korea. Photo: South Korean media
Footage circulating on social media showed a burly man kicking and shoving one of the victims before turning to threaten a woman nearby, the report said. When another victim tried to dissuade him, the man punched him in the face, causing him to fall to the ground and fall into a coma.
Yonhap news agency said the attacker told investigators he did not know the victim, saying that because the two ignored themselves, offensive words, his momentary anger attack. Police said they were investigating the incident in detail.