Court holds arrest warrant hearing for man accused of murdering estranged wife

Published Sep 3, 2026 12:10 pm KST

A man in his 30s, center, is escorted by police officers to attend an arrest warrant hearing at the Suwon District Court's Seongnam branch, just south of Seoul, Thursday. He faces charges of murdering his wife, also in her 30s, in front of their young daughter. Yonhap

A court on Thursday held an arrest warrant hearing for a man accused of murdering his estranged wife in front of their young daughter.

The suspect, a public servant in his 30s, was apprehended Tuesday after allegedly stabbing his wife, also in her 30s, outside her home in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province. The two had been undergoing divorce proceedings and the man feared he would be at a disadvantage, investigators said.

The Suwon District Court's Seongnam branch held the hearing at 11 a.m. and was expected to decide later Thursday whether to issue the warrant.

According to the police, the wife had been living apart from her husband under a court-ordered protection order due to his history of domestic violence, but he tracked her down using her address listed on divorce papers.

The warrant request listed charges of murder and child abuse.

发布于2026年9月3日下午12:10（韩国标准时间）

周四，一名30多岁的男子（图中）在警察的押送下前往首尔以南的水原地方法院城南分院，参加逮捕令听证会。他被控在年幼的女儿面前谋杀了同样30多岁的妻子。韩联社

周四，法院对一名被控在年幼女儿面前谋杀分居妻子的男子举行了逮捕令听证会。

嫌疑人是一名30多岁的公务员，周二在京畿道光州市其30多岁的妻子家门外将其刺伤后被捕。据调查人员称，两人正在办理离婚手续，该男子担心自己会处于不利地位。

水原地方法院城南分院于上午 11 点举行了听证会，预计将于周四晚些时候决定是否签发逮捕令。

据警方称，由于丈夫有家庭暴力史，妻子根据法院颁布的保护令与丈夫分居，但他通过离婚文件上列出的地址找到了她。

逮捕令申请中列出了谋杀和虐待儿童的指控。