Man arrested after sickle attack in central Seoul

A man in his 70s was arrested Friday, about 10 hours after allegedly attacking another man with a sickle at a museum in central Seoul and fleeing the scene, police said.

According to Seoul's Jongno Police Station, the suspect was apprehended at around 5:50 p.m. in Seoul's Gwanak District on suspicion of attempted murder.

The suspect is accused of stabbing a man in his 40s with a sickle at the Ilmin Museum of Art, located in the Dong-A Ilbo building in Seoul's Gwanghwamun area, at around 7:47 a.m ...