Warrant Hearing Set for Tomorrow Afternoon for 50-Something Woman in Severance Hospital Stabbing

The prosecutors' office requested an arrest warrant on November 6 for a woman in her 50s who wielded a weapon against a psychiatry professor at Sinchon Severance Hospital.

Following a pre-arrest suspect interview with the woman in her 50s, surnamed A, who faces charges of attempted murder, the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office requested the arrest warrant from the court, taking into account the gravity of the crime and the risk of repeat offenses.

The pre-arrest suspect hearing (warrant review) for A is scheduled for 3:00 PM tomorrow (November 7).

While the prosecutors' office does not hold investigative authority, it can directly interview suspects to verify the necessity of requesting a warrant.

Earlier, the Seoul Seodaemun Police Station applied for an arrest warrant for A the day before yesterday.

A is accused of using a weapon she was carrying in a treatment room on the 5th floor of Sinchon Severance Hospital at around 4:35 PM on November 4, injuring the face and hands of a psychiatry professor, surnamed Kang.

At the time of the crime, Professor Kang had called a patient other than A into the examination room, and A reportedly followed the called patient inside before drawing the weapon and attacking.

Professor Kang suffered a laceration approximately 5 centimeters long and was moved to the emergency room for treatment, and it was confirmed that his life is not in danger.

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

Initially, the Seodaemun Police Station arrested A on charges of special injury, but applied the charge of attempted murder after determining that she had intent to kill at the time of the crime, based on her statement that she brought a kitchen knife used at home in a shopping bag.

During police questioning regarding her motive, A gave incoherent statements to the effect that she was angry because she tried to go to another hospital, but a Severance Hospital doctor colluded with the other hospital to block her from receiving treatment there.

Police plan to verify the truthfulness of A's statements while investigating whether she has previously received treatment at Severance Hospital and whether she has a history of mental illness.

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