{
  "id": 18722904,
  "title": "Court issues arrest warrant for woman accused of stabbing doctor at hospital",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/court-issues-arrest-warrant-for-woman-accused-of-stabbing-doctor-at-18722904",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T13:57:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261107/court-issues-arrest-warrant-for-woman-accused-of-stabbing-doctor-at-hospital"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Seoul Western District Court issued an arrest warrant on Saturday for a woman in her 50s accused of stabbing a psychiatrist at Severance Hospital in western Seoul. The warrant, seeking the woman's formal arrest, was filed due to the alleged attempted murder charge. The suspect was apprehended on Wednesday following the incident at the hospital. The doctor, a psychiatry professor, suffered facial and hand injuries from the stabbing. Arriving at the court for the warrant hearing, the suspect made an unusual statement, attributing the motive of her attack to the psychiatry department not providing her with internal medicine treatment in 2018, resulting in her diabetes. However, it was clarified that the woman was not a patient awaiting psychiatry treatment at the hospital. The wound sustained by the doctor measured approximately 5 centimeters and was treated in the emergency room, though it was noted not to be life-threatening.",
  "summary": "A Seoul court on Saturday issued a warrant to formally arrest a woman for allegedly stabbing and injuring a doctor at Severance Hospital in western Seoul. The Seoul Western District Court issued the warrant for the woman in her 50s on charges of attempted murder, citing the risk of flight. The woman was apprehended Wednesday after allegedly stabbing a psychiatry professor with a knife at…",
  "key_points": [
    "Seoul Western District Court issues arrest warrant for woman in her 50s",
    "Woman accused of stabbing psychiatrist at Severance Hospital",
    "Suspect attributes motive to denied internal medicine treatment in 2018"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Court issues arrest warrant for woman accused of stabbing doctor at hospital",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/court-issues-arrest-warrant-for-woman-accused-of-stabbing-doctor-at",
        "published": "2026-11-07T10:56:40.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}