Man in his 60s arrested after stabbing woman to death on Jeju street

A man in his 60s who fatally stabbed a woman in her 40s on a Jeju street and fled has been arrested, Jeju Western Police Station said Monday.

The suspect, identified only by his surname initial A, is accused of stabbing the woman outside a hotel in Yeon-dong, Jeju, at around 1:30 a.m. that day.

Police tracked him down and apprehended him on a Jeju street at around 5 a.m., roughly three and a half hours after the attack.

Investigators are looking into the suspect's relationship with the victim and the motive behind the killing.