Received a report regarding the Daegu Samlions Park crime notice posted on SNS prior to the 11th game between the teams of the LG Twins 메이저사이트 and Samsung Lions in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 5th. Safety personnel such as the mobilized Daegu Police Agency, Daegu Suseong Police Station’s riot police, special forces, local police, detectives, and special forces were deployed around the Lions Park to strengthen safety management for the audience.
At 3:39 pm on the same day, an article was posted on the KBO application ‘Cheer for Samsung-LG game’ corner, “Today, I will stab dozens of people at the Daegu baseball field with a knife. Be prepared.” Reported the incident to the police via text message.
The Daegu Police Agency Cyber Investigation Unit, which received the report, is tracking the person who wrote the post, and Daegu Police Agency Chief Kim Soo-young and Daegu Suseong Police Station chief Kim Young-soo came to the Daegu Samsung Lions Park site to command the situation. In addition, riot police, special forces, and local police were deployed in case of an unexpected situation.
Regarding the situation at the time, an official from the Samsung club said, “The Daegu Suseong Police Station has received information about it, and the baseball field is currently staffed.” As a result of asking the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on the other side, I heard that it could not make a decision to cancel to this extent. Afterwards, security was strengthened and patrols were made.”
Regarding this decision, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said, “Recently, as a series of heinous crimes against an unspecified number of people have occurred, social anxiety has increased. We have requested thorough preparations for crimes such as additional deployment and strengthening cooperation with related organizations such as police and fire departments and strengthening overall stadium safety management.”
KBO said, “Before the game on the 5th, each team strengthened measures for the safety of spectators, such as deploying their own security personnel. We strengthened measures for the safety of the spectators, such as additional placement, and the game started as scheduled as no unusual incidents related to the crime were found.” The KBO explained the situation of the game on the 5th, saying,
“Each team strengthened security screening using metal detectors when entering the stadium even for games scheduled after the 6th, additionally deployed safety personnel, and communicated with related organizations. We will take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of the audience, such as strengthening cooperation.