Overview

• The attack occurred on August 16 around 9 p.m. in an open ward at the Bezirksklinikum Regensburg.
• Police say a 33-year-old patient stabbed a 23-year-old fellow patient in the neck area.
• The victim lost consciousness, received on site care from an emergency physician and paramedics, and later underwent emergency surgery.
• A caregiver intervened, persuading the attacker to drop the knife before police arrested him and he was placed in a closed facility.
• Kriminalpolizei Regensburg secured extensive forensic evidence and is coordinating with the prosecutor as the attempted-homicide investigation proceeds, with no motive established.