Washington: In what police in South Florida called an incident of domestic dispute, an Indian nurse from Kerala has been killed outside a hospital in the US after she was stabbed multiple times and struck by a vehicle.
Merin Joy, 26, was stabbed multiple times while leaving Coral Springs hospital on Tuesday.
According to Coral Springs Police Deputy Chief Brad McKeone, the woman was leaving Broward Health Coral Springs, where she worked, when the man pulled up behind her and ended up attacking her.
Joy was stabbed multiple times and then struck by the vehicle as the suspect fled from the scene, McKeone was quoted as saying by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Although she was feet away from an emergency room, Joy was rushed to the nearest trauma hospital in Pompano Beach where she died a short time later, the daily reported.
Witnesses described the suspect’s car and police found Philip Mathew, 34, of Wixon, Michigan. Police said Mathew had a self-inflicted knife wound and was transported to an area hospital for treatment.