aware. After confirming the case's truth, the police waited at the apartment where gang member Kang Dong-un lived. They arrested him on September 19 when he arrived in the pickup truck. The police called the rest of the gang, claiming to be at the hospital, and said that Kang was in a big accident. After luring them, the police arrested them. After the gang got arrested, the broker who got them the weapons, especially the illegal firearms, was arrested. It is currently nearly impossible for a civilian to order a firearm in South Korea now. Death sentences On November 1, 1994, the Chijon family (except for Kang Dong-un's girlfriend, Lee Kyung-sook, who did not take part in any of the murders) was sentenced to death for the murder of five people. After sentencing, none of the murderers showed any trace of remorse. Kim Hyun-yang told television reporters before his trial that his only regret was that he had not killed more rich kids. On November 2, 1995, all members of the Chijon family (except for Lee Kyung-sook) were executed at Seoul Detention Center. Lee Kyung-sook was just convicted of fleeing the scene of (a) crime(s). Copy cat crimes During their arrest and a press conference, one of the gang members claimed that there were more of them out there. Due to the lack of information provided to the public at the time, it was widely assumed that all of the victims were wealthy people. At the same time of the 1996 North Korean commandos infiltration incident, there was a South Korean 9-man copycat gang of the Chijon Family. The copycat gang called themselves the Maggapa (막가파). The police arrested them on October 29, 1996. References Executed South Korean serial killers Male serial killers People convicted of murder by South Korea People executed by South Korea by hanging South Korean cannibals