Police transfer 50-year-old woman to public prosecution office for 'Severance Hospital knife attack'

A woman in her 50s who brandished a weapon at a psychiatrist at Sinchon Severance Hospital was handed over to the Public Prosecution Office.

On the 13th, Seodaemun Police Station transferred A, a woman in her 50s, to the Seoul Western District Public Prosecution Office on charges of attempted murder, violation of medical law, and obstruction of business.

Mr. A is accused of injuring the face and hands of Professor Kang of the Department of Psychiatry by swinging a weapon he had in the treatment room on the 5th floor of Sinchon Severance Hospital at around 4:35 pm on the 4th.

Initially, the Seodaemun Police Station arrested Mr. A on charges of special injury, but based on the fact that Mr. A stated that he had put a kitchen knife that he used at home in a shopping bag, they considered that there was intent to commit murder at the time of the crime and charged him with attempted murder.

The police additionally charged Mr. A with assaulting and injuring a medical worker at the hospital (violation of medical law) and interfering with patient care (obstruction of business) and handed over the case to the Public Prosecution Office.

At the time of the crime, the victim, Professor Kang, called a patient other than Mr. A to the clinic, and it is known that Mr. A followed the called patient into the clinic and took out a weapon and brandished it.

Professor Kang suffered a stab wound about 5 cm long and was taken to the emergency room for treatment. It was confirmed that there was no life-threatening injury.

The Seoul Western District Court issued an arrest warrant for Mr. A on the 7th, believing that he was at risk of fleeing.