"I Brought a Kitchen Knife": Attempted Murder Charges Applied to Woman in Her 50s Over Severance Hospital Stabbing

Police plan to apply attempted murder charges and request an arrest warrant for a woman in her 50s who wielded a weapon against a psychiatry professor at Sinchon Severance Hospital.

The Seoul Seodaemun Police Station announced today (November 5) that it will request an arrest warrant for the woman, surnamed A, from the Seoul Western Prosecutors' Office.

A is suspected of injuring the psychiatry professor's face and hands by swinging a weapon she was carrying inside a consultation room on the 5th floor of Sinchon Severance Hospital at around 4:35 PM yesterday.

The doctor sustained a stab wound about 5 centimeters long, moved to the emergency room for treatment, and was confirmed not to be in life-threatening condition.

Hospital staff subdued A immediately after the crime, and police dispatched following a report apprehended her at around 4:42 PM.

Initially, police arrested A on charges of special assault. However, based on her statement that she brought a kitchen knife from home in a shopping bag, police concluded that she had the intent to kill at the time of the crime and decided to apply attempted murder charges.

During police interrogation regarding her motive, A rambled, stating, "I tried to go to another hospital, but the Severance Hospital doctor conspired with the other hospital to block me from getting treatment, which made me angry."

Police plan to verify the truthfulness of A's statement while also investigating whether she has a history of receiving treatment at Severance Hospital.
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