A police official in Seoul’s Apgujeong district said a suspect was arrested at the scene of the attack on lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin in southern Seoul.
The video shows Bae resisting alone, waving her arms and grabbing the man’s wrist, before another person appears and attempts to intervene.
South Korean news agency Yonhap quoted Bae’s aide as saying the suspect asked, “Are you the lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin?”
before hitting her in the back of the head with a rock about the size of a fist.
South Korean media, citing anonymous sources, reported that the suspect had told the police he was 15 years old.
Thae Yong Ho, another lawmaker from the party, described the attack as a “serious challenge” to South Korea’s democracy.
“Politics of hate, anger and violence must be put to an end,” Thae, a former North Korean diplomat who defected to South Korea in 2016, said in Facebook post. »
