Four Americans stabbed in northeast China

Four American university professors working in China were stabbed in a public park, their employer said, with Beijing calling the incident an “isolated” incident on Tuesday.

The four men were on a college exchange and working as instructors at Cornell College in Iowa, which said they were injured in a “serious incident.”

Beijing confirmed on Tuesday that “four foreign teachers” had been attacked.

“All the injured were sent to hospital… and received appropriate treatment; none of them are at risk of losing their lives,” spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters at the news conference. regular meeting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the afternoon.

“Police have preliminarily judged the case to be isolated. Further investigation is underway.”

“China is generally recognized as one of the safest countries in the world,” Lin added.

“China… will continue to take appropriate measures to effectively protect the safety of all foreigners in China.”

“This isolated case will not affect the normal development of Sino-American people-to-people exchanges,” he said.

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson said on X that she was “horrified” that Cornell College faculty members were “brutally stabbed.”

Gov. Kim Reynolds said she was “in contact with the Iowa federal delegation and the Department of State in response to this horrific attack.”

“Please pray for their full recovery, their safe return and for their families here at home,” she added.

A spokesperson for the US State Department said it was “aware of reports of a stabbing incident in Jilin, People's Republic of China.”

Jilin provincial authorities have not commented on the attack.

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