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Police have launched a terror investigation after men shot iron-tipped arrows in a popular downtown park. Some are saying this might be the work of 'Il-ppongs' (Japan-simps).

A long arrow stuck in a pile of dirt.

Just 2-3m away, you can see the 'Statue of Peace,' which symbolizes comfort women victims.

On the 7th around 11:40 PM, an arrow suddenly flew into the Youth Square in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province.

Right next to where the arrow landed, a woman in her 50s was walking her dog.


The arrow was about 80cm long, with an iron tip attached to a plastic shaft.

Looking at where it hit, it left a hole deep enough for two knuckles in the frozen solid ground.

It could have caused serious damage to a person, a dog, or the statue.

CCTV footage from the road next to the square right before the arrow flew.

Two men go behind a parked car.
A man in a baseball jacket pulls something out of the trunk—on closer look, it's a 'bow.'
The man with him tries pulling the string back and forth several times.
The actual scene of him firing the arrow was captured on camera.
The men fired the bow from the road toward the square.
The arrow flew across the square and landed about 70m away.

It flew right between the Statue of Peace and the woman, but it's not clear yet who the target was.

Police are tracking two men who appear to be in their 20s.

They plan to investigate all possibilities, whether it was an impulsive crime or a targeted act of terror against people or the Statue of Peace.


Previously, when police began investigating pro-Japan groups that have been protesting to insult the Statue of Peace, President Lee Jae-myung...

...harshly criticized them on social media, calling it 'brainless defamation of the dead.'



Whether they targeted a person or the statue isn't confirmed yet, but shooting a bow there is clearly insane behavior. Source: Taiwan Gallery [View Original]
"The comment section is a mess of political mudslinging and historical revisionism, with some calling the suspects 'predictable' and others arguing about the statue being an eyesore."
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