A man who police claim was ready to set himself on fire at the South Korean crypto exchange giant Upbit’s flagship customer service center has been taken into custody and charged with attempted arson.
Per iNews24, as well as SBS and the Hankyoreh, at 4:20 PM local time on November 4, police received emergency calls from panicked customers and staff members at the center. They rushed to the scene and shortly afterward arrested a man in his 40s.
The man, witnesses reported, poured flammable thinner or lighter fuel around a corridor of the building and waved a lighter above his head, threatening to burn himself alive – and set the building alight.
Reports appear to be conflicting at this stage, with some suggesting that the man poured the
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