U.S. Teenager Held in Fatal Stabbing
Police arrested an American teenager in the fatal stabbing of a South Korean man during a fight in a fast-food restaurant and said they were searching for another suspect. Authorities identified the youth as Arthur Patterson, 17, of Colorado Springs, Colo., the son of a civilian working for the U.S. military and a South Korean mother. Patterson and a suspected accomplice who escaped were accused of killing Cho Choong Pil, 22, in a fight in the restroom of a Burger King restaurant Thursday, South Korean police said.
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