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  "id": 14903078,
  "title": "Suspect in Incheon knife attack attends arrest warrant hearing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/suspect-in-incheon-knife-attack-attends-arrest-warrant-hearing-14903078",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T07:57:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261016/suspect-in-incheon-knife-attack-attends-arrest-warrant-hearing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A man suspected of injuring eight individuals in a knife attack at a commercial center in Incheon appeared for an arrest warrant hearing on Friday. The proceeding commenced at 2 p.m. at the Incheon District Court following prosecutors' request for an arrest warrant against the 59-year-old suspect on charges of attempted murder and carrying weapons in public. The attack, which took place on Tuesday at the Incheon shopping complex, west of Seoul, left eight people injured, including one in a coma due to cardiac arrest. Two others managed to escape unharmed.\n\nThe suspect, who has 10 previous convictions, two of them for attempted murder, expressed regret while approaching the court, acknowledging his grave error. Police claim that his frustration over medical treatment at a local hospital was the motive behind the attack. The man had been staging a solitary protest in front of the hospital for 2.5 months since August.",
  "summary": "A man accused of injuring eight people in a knife attack at a commercial complex in Incheon earlier this week attended an arrest warrant hearing on Friday. The hearing began at 2 p.m. at the Incheon District Court after prosecutors requested an arrest warrant for the suspect on charges of attempted murder and carrying weapons in public spaces. The 59-year-old man is suspected of attempting to…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Suspect in Incheon knife attack attends arrest warrant hearing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/suspect-in-incheon-knife-attack-attends-arrest-warrant-hearing",
        "published": "2026-10-16T07:27:06.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Suspect in Incheon knife attack attends arrest warrant hearing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/suspect-in-incheon-knife-attack-attends-arrest-warrant-hearing-14899298",
        "published": "2026-10-16T07:42:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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