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FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A judge in Frederick has ordered a mental health evaluation for a man accused of fatally stabbing a South Korean visitor and wounding the victim's wife at a rustic religious retreat.
Frederick County State's Attorney Charlie Smith said Friday that orders like the one filed Tuesday typically require an evaluation within 90 days.
The order applies to 30-year-old Song Su Kim of Falls Church, Virginia. The Korean-American man has pleaded not criminally responsible for the July 26 attack on 63-year-old Chung Hwan Park and 57-year-old Ae Suk Ko of Suwon, South Korea.
Kim told police he felt he had been treated badly and wanted to "invade a Korean."
All three were guests at the nondenominational Christian retreat about 40 miles northwest of Washington, D.C.
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