A patient has stabbed two members of staff at Sint-Pieters hospital in Brussels, according to the public prosecutor’s office. The suspect has been arrested and the hospital’s emergency department has been temporarily closed.
“This morning, for reasons as yet unknown, a patient stabbed two members of staff at Sint-Pieters hospital,” said Laura Demullier of the Brussels public prosecutor’s office.
“The suspect was arrested immediately. The initial investigation is ongoing. The federal judicial police laboratory is on site and witnesses are being interviewed. The public prosecutor’s office will also go to the scene. The police victim support service is on site to assist witnesses.”
It is not yet clear why the man attacked the two victims. He was reportedly sitting in the waiting room and attacked them without provocation. The condition of the victims is currently unknown.
The emergency department was temporarily closed. The public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation and will not comment further at this time.
