SEOUL: Police arrested a woman for allegedly stabbing and injuring a doctor at a major hospital in western Seoul on Wednesday (Nov 4), with officers investigating the motive behind the attack.
The Seodaemun Police Station said it apprehended the woman in her 50s on suspicion of aggravated assault after he allegedly stabbed a psychiatry professor with a knife at Severance Hospital at around 4.35pm.
The doctor sustained a wound measuring 5 centimeters and was taken to an emergency room for treatment.
According to sources, the suspect was not a patient waiting for medical treatment at the hospital.
Police are investigating the exact motive behind the suspect's attack. - Yonhap
