(Seoul) The authorities in South Korea have revealed that they have picked up a 23 year old man named as 'Park' on charges of subscription to ISIS and planning to carry out a terrorist attack in a country which has little dealings (politically) with the Islamic world.
It transpires that the Ministry of National Defence were tipped off by the FBI in
Nov 2017 that somebody had been accessing an Islamic State-related website
using an IP address from South Korea. Following up on that lead them to ‘Park’
who at the time was serving in the Army on his mandatory military service. He
has been charged with stealing explosives and a detonator and violating the
anti-terrorism act by allegedly attempting to join the Islamic State," When
the authorities first heard of this , the military refused to allow ‘Park to be arrested.
claiming there was little risk of him fleeing or destroying evidence. However
as he completed his military service this past Tuesday (July 2nd) he’s now no longer under military jurisdiction
and was subsequently arrested allowing Investigators to search his home where a machete was found , which looks
similar to the broad blades that have been used by members of Islamic State in
their gruesome social media killings. If Park is found guilty, it will mark the
first case of a South Korean citizen violating the anti-terrorism act which
came into effect in March 2016.
