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Man with mental illness kills four in Romania hospital
 [DAWN] Four people have died and nine were maimed after being attacked by a patient in a psychiatric hospital, Romanian press reports said on Sunday.They said a 38-year-old man who had admitted himself to the hospital in Sapoca, northeast of the capital Bucharest, entered a treatment room and attacked other patients with a transfusion stand. Three of the patients suffered head injuries and died at the scene while a fourth died later in hospital, the reports said. Among the nine injured in the attack, two were in a coma, they added. "Everything happened in less than a minute," hospital director Viorica Mihalascu was quoted as saying. "This patient was admitted on a normal surveillance level. His symptoms did not give an indication that a tragedy was imminent," she told Antena 3 television station. Posted by: Fred 2019-08-20 |
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