Overview

• On August 16 at about 21:00 a 33-year-old patient allegedly stabbed a 23-year-old fellow patient in an open ward at Bezirksklinikum Regensburg.
• A caregiver intervened and persuaded the suspect to drop the knife before officers from Polizeiinspektion Regensburg Süd arrived and arrested him.
• The victim lost consciousness, received on-site treatment from an emergency doctor and paramedics, and underwent emergency surgery for a life-threatening neck wound.
• Kriminalpolizei Regensburg has opened an attempted homicide probe, secured substantial traces at the scene and is collaborating with Staatsanwaltschaft Regensburg.
• The suspect is held in a secured facility pending further proceedings and no motive has been disclosed.