Four American educators from a small Iowa university were injured in a stabbing attack in a public park in northeast China’s Jilin province, according to US government officials.
The group had been visiting a temple in Beishan Park when they were attacked by a man with a knife, he added. There were no reports of a motive.
A US State Department spokesperson said in an emailed statement that they were aware of reports of a “stabbing incident” in Jilin, China, and were monitoring the situation.
Chinese police say a suspect is in custody in a stabbing attack on four instructors from Iowa’s Cornell College who were teaching at a Chinese university in the northeast city of Jilin.
Jilin city police said a 55-year old man surnamed Cui was walking in a public park when he had bumped into a foreigner. He then stabbed the foreigner and three other foreigners who were with him, and a Chinese person who approached in an attempt to intervene.
The victims included four instructors from Cornell College teaching at Beihua University in northeastern China, officials at the U.S. school and the State Department said.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday that the injured were rushed to a hospital for treatment, and that none was in critical condition
