Săpoca Hospital massacre
| Săpoca Hospital massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Săpoca, Buzău County, Romania |
| Date | August 18, 2019 3:00 a.m. |
Attack type | Mass stabbing |
| Weapons | Metal stand for infusions |
| Deaths | 7 |
| Injured | 6 |
| Perpetrator | Nicolae Lungu |
The Săpoca Hospital massacre is a mass murder that occurred on August 18, 2019 at The Psychiatry and Safety Hospital Săpoca, Buzău County, Romania. 38-year-old Nicolae Lungu killed 7 people and injured 6 others using a metal stand for infusions, after which he was detained by police in the courtyard of the hospital.[1][2]
Background
The Psychiatry and Safety Hospital Săpoca is a hospital in Buzău County. It was founded on the basis of a vocational school in 1960. In 2011, Săpoca Hospital was the largest of its kind in the country and had more than 850 beds.[3]
On April 27, 2018, a man hanged himself in the courtyard of this hospital.[4]
On August 14, 2019, Nicolae Lungu hired a neighbor to work on collecting melons. After which he drank too much alcohol. On the same day, he arrived at the Buzău County Hospital. On August 15, 2019, he was transferred to Săpoca Psychiatric Hospital.[5][6][7]
On August 17, 2019, his brother and three other friends visited him in the hospital.[5][8]. On August 18, 2019, at 1:45 a.m., a patient with alcoholism was admitted to the hospital, who was put to bed in the same bed with the suspect, although there were empty bunks in the ward.[9][10]
Attack
Around 3:00 a.m. August 18, 2018, Nicolae Lungu attacked hospital patients using a metal infusion stand. He hit three patients in the men's room and they died immediately. After that, he went to the women's department and there struck ten patients, one of them died on the same day. Then he broke the window and jumped into the hospital courtyard. He wanted to run away but was detained by chance when he appeared in the courtyard by policemen. The victims could not resist because they were unconscious or tied to beds. The attack was shot on surveillance cameras.[6][11][12][13]
Victims
As a result of the attack, 7 people died and 6 were injured.[1] Of those, 3 people were killed at the scene, and 10 were injured.[14] One of the injured people died at Buzău County Hospital that day,[14] an 88 year old woman died on August 19, 2019,[15] a 79 year old woman died on August 26, 2019,[16] and a 74 year old man died on September 20, 2019.[1]
Suspect
Nicolae Lungu, 38 years old at the time of the attack, lived in the village of Săgeata, Buzău County. He lived in a house with his mother, and often cursed and yelled at her. He was cruel and beat his mother when he drank alcohol. He worked in the field and in the forest. He has two brothers and a sister.[17][5][8]
References
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- ^ a b "Cum a fost prins criminalul de la Săpoca".
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- ^ a b "Cel mai bun prieten al criminalului de la Săpoca".
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- ^ "Afirmație șocantă a criminalului de la Săpoca".
- ^ "Mărturiile poliţiştilor care l-au prins pe criminalul de la Săpoca".
- ^ a b "Filmul atacului de la Săpoca".
- ^ "Atacul de la Săpoca Bilanțul victimelor a ajuns la cinci morți".
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