Teenage girl fatally stabbed in Gwangju alley

A 16-year-old girl walking home alone was followed for more than a kilometer and fatally stabbed in an alley by a 23-year-old man who had prepared a weapon intending to kill a woman who had rejected him.

• Gwangju, South Korea
• May 5, 2026
• Severity 5 of 5 — Fatal or mass violence