Man jumps off apartment building after holding ex-girlfriend hostage

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Man jumps off apartment building after holding ex-girlfriend hostage

Published: 11 Dec. 2023, 19:38 Updated: 11 Dec. 2023, 22:46

An inflatable jump bag is set up in front of an apartment building in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang, on Monday after a man started engaging in a standoff while holding his ex-girlfriend hostage at knifepoint. [NEWS1]

A man in his 20s, who had been holding his ex-girlfriend hostage at knifepoint on Monday, jumped off an apartment building from a staircase between the sixth and seventh floors of the building.

According to South Gyeongsang police, the incident took place in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang, at around 2 p.m.

The man engaged in a four-hour standoff with the police before jumping from the building.

He struck an exterior structure of the apartment on the third floor before landing on an air mattress laid on the first floor.

He was taken to a hospital by first responders.

The police said that the man was undergoing court proceedings for stalking his ex-girlfriend.

BY LEE HO-JEONG [[email protected]]