{"id":13590,"date":"2026-11-04T13:39:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T13:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=13590"},"modified":"2026-11-04T13:39:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T13:39:49","slug":"doctor-injured-in-stabbing-attack-at-hospital-in-western-seoul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=13590","title":{"rendered":"Doctor injured in stabbing attack at hospital in western Seoul"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Visitors walk at Severance Hospital in Seodaemun-gu, western Seoul, June 27, 2024. Yonhap <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A man stabbed and injured a doctor at a major hospital in western Seoul, police said Wednesday, adding that they are investigating the motive for the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Seodaemun Police Station said it apprehended the man presumed to be in his 50s on suspicion of aggravated assault after he allegedly stabbed a psychiatry professor with a knife at Severance Hospital at around 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

The doctor sustained a wound measuring 5 centimeters and was taken to an emergency room for treatment.<\/p>\n

According to sources, the suspect was not a patient waiting for medical treatment at the hospital.<\/p>\n

Police are investigating the exact motive behind the suspect’s attack.<\/p>\n

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