Drunk man beats cafe owner in Andong, leaving her hospitalized with concussion

A man in his 40s assaulted the female owner of a cafe in North Gyeongsang Province, leaving her hospitalized with a concussion.

According to the Andong Police Station, a report was filed around 3 p.m. Monday at a cafe in Nambu-dong, Andong, after a customer identified only as A, in his 40s, hurled verbal abuse at the owner, a woman in her 50s identified as B, and then attacked her.

The cafe said A had been intoxicated and carried out the verbal and physical assault for no apparent reason.

Video footage the cafe owner posted on social media showed A throwing punches at B.

Another employee tried to intervene, but A grabbed B by the back of the neck and by the hair and refused to let go. The footage also showed A pinning B to the floor and repeatedly striking the back of her head.

B was admitted to a hospital and is receiving treatment for concussion symptoms.

Police have secured CCTV footage and plan to investigate the exact circumstances of the incident.