2008 Nonhyeon-dong massacre

Nonhyeon-dong massacre
LocationNonhyeon, Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates37°30′35″N 127°01′23″E / 37.50975°N 127.023°E / 37.50975; 127.023
DateOctober 20, 2008
8:15 a.m.–9:20 a.m. (KST)
Attack type
Arson, stabbing, mass murder
Weapons
Deaths6 (5 directly)
Injured7
PerpetratorJeong Sang-jin
VerdictGuilty; sentenced to death
ConvictionsMurder (6 counts)
Arson

The Nonhyeon-dong massacre was a mass murder that occurred in Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea on October 20, 2008, when 30-year-old Jeong Sang-jin (정상진) set fire to a goshiwon and slashed several women with a sashimi knife. A total of six people died in the incident, and seven more were injured. Jeong was sentenced to death on May 12, 2009.