Regensburg · BY
Patient critically injured in knife attack at Regensburg clinic
A 33-year-old patient allegedly attacked a 23-year-old fellow patient with a knife in an open ward at Regensburg District Hospital at about 9 pm on 16 August. The victim sustained a cut to the neck, lost consciousness and required emergency surgery after receiving initial treatment. Police said there was an acute danger to his life. A nurse persuaded the suspect to put down the knife, and police arrested him shortly afterwards. Investigators are treating the case as attempted homicide, and the suspect was placed in a secure facility.
Source: www.polizei.bayern.de
Documented information
- Incident date
- Confirmed fatalities
- Not separately confirmed
- LocationView on map
- Regensburg, Bavaria
- Category
- Knife attacks
- Injury information
- Life-threatening injury reported
- Confirmed injured persons
- 1
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