A knife darting out in a packed subway car. An assailant, chasing shoppers, stabbing wildly in the street.

These nightmares have played out in the minds of many South Koreans following a mass stabbing attack last week - the country’s second in as many weeks.

On 21 July, a man attacked commuters in the capital, killing one person and stabbing three more at a subway station. He later told police he lived a miserable life and “wanted to make others miserable too”.

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    1 year ago

    It came as such a shocking event because this really almost never happens.

    I personally have never seen anyone getting arrested. Never seen anyone got hurt because of criminal activity. Never heard anyone close to me involved in any violent crime. I just couldn’t imagine getting attacked by anyone let alone by some random person.

    Korean society is very trusting, if not way too much.

    Edit) I am Korean.