4 U.S. College Instructors Stabbed In China

A suspect has been arrested in the stabbing of four US college instructors in a public park in the northeastern Chinese city of Jilin, police said, Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong, Simone McCarthy, and Sarah Dewberry reported for CNN.

Police said the suspect “collided with a foreigner while walking” in Beishan Park, a popular green space at the Jilin city center. I Photo: lienyuan lee Wikimedia Commons

Authorities identified the suspect by his last name, Cui, a 55-year-old man from the city’s Longtan district. Police said he “collided with a foreigner while walking” in Beishan Park, a popular green space at the Jilin city center.

The suspect then stabbed the instructors, as well as a Chinese tourist who stepped forward and tried to stop him, police said in a statement.

Police said they received the call around 11:49 a.m. local time on Monday, after which they dispatched officers to the scene. “At present, the injured have all received proper medical treatment and are not in danger of life,” police said earlier, adding the case was being investigated.

The educators from Cornell College, a private liberal arts college in Mount Vernon, Iowa, were wounded “in a serious incident” on Monday while participating in a partnership program with Beihua University in the city of Jilin, the college said.