2 arrested over late-night mass brawl in Pyeongtaek

Published Oct 20, 2026 12:37 pm KST

The scene of a group brawl at a park, Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Oct. 3/ Yonhap

Police said Tuesday they have arrested two people for their alleged involvement in a late-night mass brawl between Central Asian nationals in Pyeongtaek earlier this month.

The brawl, involving 21 suspects, took place at around 11:40 p.m. on Oct. 3 at a children's park in the city, about 60 kilometers south of Seoul, raising safety concerns among residents.

The Pyeongtaek Police Station said it caught five suspects allegedly involved in the brawl -- all of whom are Kazakh or Kyrgyz nationals in their 20s or 30s. It placed two of the five under arrest for alleged assault.

Police officials have issued exit bans on two other suspects while investigating the whereabouts of 14 others.

They believe the fight broke out over a past dispute and is unrelated to gang activity. Most of the suspects are believed to be day laborers, with three of the five apprehended suspects being undocumented migrants.

发布于2026年10月20日下午12:37（韩国标准时间）

10月3日，京畿道平泽市某公园发生多人斗殴事件/韩联社

警方周二表示，他们逮捕了两名涉嫌参与本月初在平泽发生的中亚国民深夜群殴事件的人。

10 月 3 日晚上 11 点 40 分左右，在首尔以南约 60 公里的该市一个儿童公园发生了一起斗殴事件，涉及 21 名嫌疑人，引发了居民的安全担忧。

平泽警察局表示，他们抓获了五名涉嫌参与斗殴的嫌疑人，五人均为哈萨克斯坦或吉尔吉斯斯坦公民，年龄在20至30岁之间。其中两人因涉嫌袭击被警方逮捕。

警方已对另外两名嫌疑人发出出境禁令，同时还在调查其他 14 名嫌疑人的下落。

他们认为这场斗殴是由过去的纠纷引发的，与帮派活动无关。大多数嫌疑人据信是临时工，五名被捕嫌疑人中有三名是无证移民。