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A local man was arrested on Tuesday for stabbing four American college instructors and a Chinese national in a public park in the city of Jilin in northeastern China. Attacks on foreigners in Mainland China are unusually rare, and Beijing has stated that visitors are safe there.
The four Americans were visiting from Cornell College, a small private liberal arts college in Mount Vernon, Iowa, when they were attacked in broad daylight in Beishan Park, a popular venue in the center of Jilin. The American educators were walking with faculty members from Beihua University, which partners with Cornell College, when they were assaulted.
The suspect, identified by the authorities as Cui, a 55-year-old man from Jilin’s Longtan District, CNN reported. Chinese officials said that Cui “collided with a foreigner while walking” in the popular park before he began his stabbing spree.
A local tourist who attempted to stop the assailant was also stabbed, according to police, who received a call around 11:49 a.m., Beijing time on Monday. Officers were immediately sent to the scene and transported the victims to the hospital for treatment.
