Cha Cheol-nam, a 56-year-old with Chinese nationality who fled after killing two people and injuring two others in Siheung City, stated to the police that the reason for his crime was "the victims did not repay the 30 million won debt."
According to the police on the 20th, Cha Cheol-nam was arrested around 7:24 p.m. the previous day and was transported to the Siheung Police Station, where he was questioned until around 5 a.m. on the same day.
Cha Cheol-nam stated to the police that he had lent about 30 million won multiple times to a close friend, a gentleman in his 50s identified as A, since 2013. However, when A and his brother did not repay the money, Cha Cheol-nam planned the crime.
On the afternoon of the 17th, around 4 p.m., Cha Cheol-nam told A, "Let's have a drink," invited him to his residence in Jeongwang-dong, Siheung City, and killed him with a blunt object that he had prepared in advance. He then went to A's brother's residence around 5 p.m. and also killed him with a blunt object.
Cha Cheol-nam's residence and A's brother's residence are approximately 200 meters apart in a straight line. Cha Cheol-nam left A and B's bodies at the crime scene.
Two days later, on the morning of the 19th at around 9:34 a.m., he stabbed a woman in her 60s, identified as C, the owner of a convenience store he usually frequented, and fled. Later that day at about 1:21 p.m., he stabbed a man in his 70s, identified as D, the owner of his residence, at a sports park about 1.3 kilometers from where the crime occurred.
Cha Cheol-nam is reported to have claimed that the attacks on these individuals were not premeditated but rather impulsive. Regarding the reasons for the crimes, it is known that he stated C was attacked "for slandering me" and D "for ignoring me." C and D are currently being treated in the intensive care unit.
Cha Cheol-nam entered Korea in 2012 with a Korean resident overseas visa (F-4) and lived in Jeongwang-dong, Siheung City. It was discovered that he had maintained a close relationship with A's brothers, comparable to that of sworn brothers. Cha Cheol-nam did not have a specific job and earned money through temporary work. It is said that he lived off money he earned from overseas in the past.
The police plan to apply for an arrest warrant for Cha Cheol-nam on charges of murder and other offenses on the same day.