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The female suspect is receiving hospital treatment for
self-inflicted wounds following the death of the young girl in
an audio-visual room on the second-floor of the school, said Yuk
Jong-myeong, chief of Daejeon’s western district police station.
The suspect, reported to be in her 40s, told police that she had
recently returned to work after a period of leave for health
reasons, Yuk said. She told police she has received treatment
for depression since 2018.
After the girl, a first-grade student, was reported missing at
5:15 p.m local time Monday, police and family members searched
throughout the school and surrounding areas. Her grandmother
found her in the audio-visual room around 5:50 p.m. The girl was
rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Choi Sang-mok, who is serving as the country’s acting leader due
to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment over a martial law
imposition in December, called for a thorough investigation into
the incident and instructed education authorities to “implement
necessary measures to ensure such incidents never happen again.”
Visitors laid flowers and condolence letters at the gate of the
school, which was closed on Tuesday.
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