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Residents who refused to evict requests to evict from the Gositel, which is regarding to be reconstructed, were found dead yesterday evening.
They had been protesting for regarding a month in a room where electricity and water were cut off, and the police are investigating the exact cause of death.
Correspondent Ji Yoon-soo.
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A gositel in Incheon.
Police officers stand guard at the entrance, which is surrounded by layers of control lines.
At around 7:30 pm yesterday evening, a man in his 50s and a woman in his 60s were found dead on the 6th floor of this building.
[신현옥/인근 상인]
“The body went out and carried it on a hanger. (In the meantime) I mightn’t even speak here. Police, firefighters…there are some things that put all balloons on the floor, fearing them falling.”
The two were the custodians and residents of this gositel, respectively, and had been protesting for the 25th day, refusing the owner’s request to evict the building ahead of reconstruction.
The people in the gositel, where electricity and water were cut off, suddenly lost contact, and when the police forcefully opened the door, they were already dead.
[경찰 관계자]
“I talked to this person with the owner of the building, but they said the call was not working, so I checked.”
At the time of discovery, gas concentrations in both the room and hallway were above the standard, and a gas cylinder was found inside the room.
They are said to have continued to threaten to set fires, such as spraying thinner everywhere.
[오주현/인근 상인]
“(Residents) demanded money, but I think they held a protest with a gas canister because they said it was too little. I thought that today (the siege) would end when I left the store, but it doesn’t end once more.”
The police will request an autopsy from the National Institute of Scientific Investigation to investigate the exact cause of death.
This is Yoonsoo Ji from MBC News.
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