Doctor injured in stabbing attack at hospital in western Seoul

Published Nov 4, 2026 6:22 pm KST

Visitors walk at Severance Hospital in Seodaemun-gu, western Seoul, June 27, 2024. Yonhap

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.

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.

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.

发布于2026年11月4日 下午6:22（韩国标准时间）

2024年6月27日，访客在首尔西部西大门区的Severance医院内行走。（韩联社）

警方周三表示，一名男子在首尔西部一家大型医院刺伤了一名医生，并补充说，他们正在调查袭击动机。

西大门警察署表示，他们逮捕了一名据信50多岁的男子，该男子涉嫌于下午4点30分左右在延世大学附属医院持刀刺伤一名精神病学教授，涉嫌严重伤人。

医生受了5厘米长的伤口，被送往急诊室接受治疗。

据消息人士透露，嫌疑人并非在医院等待治疗的病人。

警方正在调查嫌疑人发动袭击的确切动机。