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Seoul killing investigated as possible retaliation over sexual assault complaint

Police arrested a man in his 50s after a teenage girl was killed, with investigators examining a connection to a complaint against his son.

Channel: YTN ·

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서울 성북구에서 '10대 여성 살해' 50대 남성 긴급체포 / YTN

A man in his 50s has been arrested on suspicion of killing a teenage girl in Seoul, with police investigating whether he acted in retaliation for a sexual assault complaint against his son, South Korea's YTN (Yonhap Television News) reports.

Reporter Kim Tae-won says police received the report at around 1:40 a.m. on November 11. The suspect was arrested and taken to Seongbuk Police Station. Police tape outside a brick building accompanies the studio report.

According to the broadcaster, the man went to a residence where the killing occurred. He was heavily intoxicated when arrested and remained too intoxicated for questioning at the time of the report.

Kim reports that the suspect's adult son was under investigation over the girl's sexual assault complaint, filed in March. The son was already being held in custody in a separate, unrelated criminal case.

The report distinguishes that detention from the sexual assault investigation: police were examining whether the father nevertheless blamed the complainant's side for his son's imprisonment. Retaliation remained a suspected motive, not an established finding. Investigators planned to question him about the circumstances and motive once he could be interviewed.

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