Juvenile girls spray fire extinguisher at PC cafe, shrug off demands for apology

Two teenage girls discharged a fire extinguisher inside a PC cafe and fled.

JTBC's crime affairs program "Sageon Banjang" aired the story Friday, featuring the account of a PC cafe owner in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, identified only as A.

A's cafe operates without staff during slow hours. The arrangement had caused few problems until two girls, believed to be middle school students, began frequenting the place.

The girls made a point of visiting only during unstaffed hours. They would gather in the smoking booth to smoke, sprawl across chairs for four to five hours at a time, and rummage through the counter area even during hours when minors are barred from entering.

On one occasion, a staff member caught them and asked them to leave, prompting the girls to threaten the employee, saying they would "bring all the neighborhood oppa we know."

The girls eventually sprayed a fire extinguisher throughout the cafe and ran. They doused each other while filming on their phones and laughing loudly. About 10 customers were in the store at the time.

The girls slipped away while customers called police.

When their identities were confirmed, it emerged that both were second-year middle school students under the age of 14 — juveniles under criminal age who cannot be prosecuted under criminal law.

Four days after the incident, they had still not apologized to A.

A contacted one of the girls to demand an apology, but the girl pushed back. She asked why A had contacted only her, how A had obtained her number, and accused A of "threatening" her by getting her contact information without consent. She also told A not to speak to her "like that" when A was "not even her parent."

"More than 10 computers were damaged. With parts prices so high lately, repairs alone could run tens of millions of won," A said. "Because they are juveniles under criminal age, criminal punishment is not easy, and I want to pursue civil liability, but I cannot reach their parents."

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