Patient stabs psychiatrist to death

SEOUL — A 30-year-old man has been arrested for stabbing his psychiatrist to death in a hospital in Seoul on Monday.

The 47-year-old psychiatrist was immediately taken to the emergency room, but was declared dead at around 7.30pm.

The assailant was subdued by hospital staff, who reported the killing to the police.

The police said Monday they were investigating the circumstances surrounding the crime, adding they would seek to begin an autopsy on Tuesday.