"Still swinging bats even after they fell"... Late-night brawl involving more than 10 people in Pyeongtaek

[Financial News] More than 10 people became entangled in a late-night group brawl near a park in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, swinging bats and kicking one another. Police secured the identities of two men in their 20s at the scene and are pursuing the remaining participants who fled.

According to Pyeongtaek Police Station on the 4th, a report was received via the 112 emergency line at around 11:30 p.m. the previous day that several people were involved in a brawl on a street in Pyeongtaek. Police believe that about 10 people took part in the fight.
Footage filmed by a member of a voluntary crime prevention group who witnessed the incident showed several people surrounding a crouching man and repeatedly swinging bats at him. Another video captured several people kicking a man before scattering and fleeing when members of the voluntary crime prevention group approached.
Police responding to the report arrested a Russian man in his 20s identified as A and a Kyrgyzstani man in his 20s identified as B on suspicion of violating the Act on the Punishment of Violent Acts, etc. Both men sustained injuries, including fractures, and are receiving treatment at a hospital.
Police also questioned two other foreigners who were at the scene as witnesses. They are working to identify and track down the remaining people suspected of taking part in the fight.
A and the others are believed to have tried to flee without cooperating with the investigation after police arrived at the scene. Wooden clubs and other items were also found in vehicles owned by them.
However, police are also considering the possibility that A and B were not perpetrators of the group assault but were instead assaulted by the others. After securing their personal information, police released them so they could receive medical treatment.
Taking into account their difficulty communicating smoothly in Korean, police plan to use interpreters to investigate why the fight began and what each participant did.

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