Seoul:A Seoul court has issued an arrest warrant for a woman accused of stabbing a doctor at Severance Hospital in western Seoul. The suspect, in her 50s, is facing charges of attempted murder following the incident that left the doctor injured.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the Seoul Western District Court issued the warrant on Saturday, citing the risk of flight as a reason for the arrest. The woman was apprehended on Wednesday after allegedly attacking a psychiatry professor with a knife, resulting in injuries to the doctor's face and hand.
The suspect attended an arrest warrant hearing and claimed that the psychiatry department at Severance Hospital failed to provide her with necessary internal medicine treatment in 2018, which she alleges caused her diabetes. Despite her claims, sources have indicated that the woman was not a patient waiting for psychiatric treatment at the hospital.
The injured doctor suffered a wound approximately 5 centimeters in length and was treated in the emergency room. Fortunately, the injuries were not life-threatening.