Escaped psychiatric patient found after killing woman in Athens hospital ward

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A 46-year-old patient at a state psychiatric hospital in western Athens, Greece, reportedly killed a 44-year-old female patient early Wednesday morning before escaping the facility.

According to Ekathimerini, authorities launched a 14-hour search before locating and re-admitting him to the Dafni psychiatric hospital.

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Photo: The National Herald.

The suspect, accused of murdering another woman at a psychiatric ward in Corfu last November, allegedly stabbed the victim with broken glass following an argument. The attack has sparked renewed scrutiny of the system handling violent psychiatric patients.

Police initially searched the extensive hospital grounds before finding the suspect on a highway west of Athens.

The victim had been admitted to the psychiatric hospital the previous evening allegedly due to drug dependency.

Source: Ekathimerini

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