Prosecution Service Seeks Arrest Warrant for Woman in Her 50s in 'Severance Doctor Attack'

Considered the seriousness of the alleged crime and the risk of further offenses
Pretrial detention hearing scheduled for 3 p.m. on Nov. 7

The Prosecution Service has requested an arrest warrant for a woman in her 50s who allegedly stabbed a professor of psychiatry with a weapon at Severance Hospital in Sinchon, Seoul.

Sinchon Severance Hospital in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kim Hyunmin.

The Seoul Western District Prosecution Office said it requested an arrest warrant for Ms. A, a woman in her 50s suspected of attempted murder, on Nov. 6 after interviewing her before applying for the warrant.

Ms. A is suspected of injuring a professor by swinging a weapon she was carrying in a psychiatry consultation room on the fifth floor of the main building at Severance Hospital in Sinchon, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, at around 4:35 p.m. on Nov. 4.

The Prosecution Service said it took into account the seriousness of the alleged crime and the risk of further offenses. Police had requested an arrest warrant from the Prosecution Service on Nov. 5.

Ms. A's pretrial detention hearing will be held at the Seoul Western District Court at 3 p.m. on Nov. 7.

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