"Excessive guessing" spread in case where Korean actress was attacked by her husband with weapon

An incident occurred in which a Korean actress (40s) was attacked by her husband (30s) with a weapon. There are a series of speculative comments and articles in South Korea about who the victim is and there are concerns about secondary damage.

The incident occurred in Seoul Itaewon-dong on June 14th. Man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of stabbing his wife with a weapon several times in their lobby.

A neighbor who learned of the incident reported it to the police and the husband was arrested by a police officer who rushed to the scene. It is reported that one child was with them at the scene of the incident.

When the Korean media reported the incident, there were a series of overly speculative comments and articles on the Internet about "who was the victim of the woman in her 40s." Words such as "actress in her 40s married to a man in his 30s", "actress in her 40s and younger husband", "actress's home, Itaewon" are used for search, and the names of actresses related to this are displayed naturally. Therefore, there are widespread worries that even unrelated actresses will be "secondarily damaged."

It is not known who the attacked actress was at this time.

A police official said, "The treatment of the victim should be prioritized. The situation of the witnesses and the evidence have been secured."