A lady wielding a knife minorly injured 35-year-old Korean stage actor, TV host, and Ok-pop singer Cho Kyu-hyun, popularly often known as Kyuhyun, after she intruded into the backstage space of a theater in western Seoul Sunday evening.
In a press release on X, Kyuhyuns label Antenna mentioned the incident occurred after the ultimate efficiency of the Korean-language musical Ben-Hur, during which the idol most well-known as a member of boyband Tremendous Junior, performed a lead position. The present had run on the LG Arts Heart Seoul since Sept. 2.
Native media reported {that a} lady in her 30s entered the actors dressing space at round 6 p.m. native time on Nov. 19 and brandished a knife in entrance of a number of actors. Kyuhyun reportedly tried to restrain the assailant and his finger was lower within the course of.
He was instantly handled on the spot and is at the moment in good well being, the labels assertion mentioned.
Police arrested the assailant, who stays unnamed, the identical day and are at the moment investigating her motive. Authorities mentioned she has no connection to Kyuhyun or the opposite stage actors and, in accordance with the Korea Herald, the girl by no means stalked the actors earlier than.
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