Seoul:A court in Seoul has issued a formal arrest warrant for a woman in her 50s accused of stabbing a doctor at Severance Hospital in western Seoul. The incident, which took place on Wednesday, involved a psychiatry professor who sustained injuries to his face and hand.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the Seoul Western District Court issued the warrant on charges of attempted murder, citing the risk of flight as a significant concern. The suspect was apprehended shortly after the alleged attack.
The woman, upon arriving in court for the arrest warrant hearing, claimed that the psychiatry department at Severance Hospital failed to provide her with internal medicine treatment back in 2018, which she alleges led to her developing diabetes. Despite these claims, sources indicate that she was not a patient waiting for psychiatry treatment at the hospital at the time of the incident.
The doctor, whose injuries included a wound approximately 5 centimeters in length, was immediately taken to an emergency room for treatment. Fortunately, the injury was not life-threatening.