2015 Sejong and Hwaseong shootings

Mass shootings in South Korea 2015 Hwaseong shooting 250px 250px Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea 25–27 February 2015 Spree shooting, mass murder, murder-suicide 8 (including both perpetrators) 2 (1 by gunfire) Two unidentified men Firearms The 2015 Sejong and Hwaseong shootings were two separate shooting incidents that occurred in South Korea on 25 and 27 February 2015 in the cities of Sejong and Hwaseong, respectively. After each shooting, the gunmen committed suicide. Both incidents led South Korea to immediate adoption of GPS monitoring of firearms. Since the rarity of shooting incidents in South Korea are evident, they garner international news coverage; the two unrelated spree shootings were widely reported, as was the adoption of the gun control measure.Jae-hee Choi 2022-06-23 Could South Korea's gun control offer any lessons? https://asianews.network/could-south-koreas-gun-control-offer-any-lessons/ 2024-01-23 Asia News Shootings At 8 a.m. on 25 February (23:00 GMT Tuesday), in Sejong, South Korea's administrative capital, a gunman shot and killed three people at a convenience store, then committed suicide at another location. The three victims were the gunman's ex-girlfriend's father, brother, and current boyfriend.Tae-hoon Lee http://www.koreaobserver.com/three-koreans-shot-dead-at-convenience-store-in-sejong-26542/ Gunman kills ex-girlfriend's family and boyfriend in Korea The Korean Observer 25 February 2015 21 February 2017 Keeping a gun in the home in South Korea is restricted; the shooter checked out two shotguns from a police precinct two hours before.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31617122 Three killed in South Korea shooting 25 February 2015 BBC News On 27 February, another shooting occurred in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, South Korea, where an elderly man shot and killed three people—his brother, his sister-in-law, and a policeman—and injured another police officer before committing suicide. He had checked out a hunting rifle at a police station before driving to his brother's house. A niece of the gunman was injured jumping from a second-story window to escape. 27 February 2015 Four killed in Hwaseong shooting http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150227000323 1 March 2015 The Korea Herald27 February 2015 Gunman kills three in South Korea https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31654716 1 March 2015 BBC News The incident caused South Korea's Yonhap News Agency to criticize the nation's gun control regulations for hunting weapons, and led immediately to gun control regulation changes.http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/region/01-Mar-2015/south-korea-to-tighten-gun-control-amid-frequent-shooting-rampages South Korea to Tighten Gun Control Amid Frequent Shooting Rampages Daily Times March 1, 2015 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20150706102535/http://dailytimes.com.pk/region/01-Mar-2015/south-korea-to-tighten-gun-control-amid-frequent-shooting-rampages July 6, 2015 dead On March 2, the first business day following the Friday incident, South Korea's National Emergency Management Agency, its National Police Agency, and the ruling Saenuri Party agreed to require GPS monitoring of guns in the nation.Yon-se Kim March 2, 2015 Police to track guns via GPS http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150302000991 The Korea Herald References Category:21st-century mass murders in South Korea Category:2015 mass murders Category:Murder–suicides in South Korea Category:Spree shootings in South Korea Category:Sejong City Category:Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Category:Gun politics Category:February 2015 in South Korea Category:February 2015 crimes in Asia Category:2015 murders in South Korea Category:2015 mass shootings in Asia Category:Fratricides Category:Attacks on shops in Asia Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in South Korea Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2015