China foreign ministry says stabbing of US educators was random incident

Record ID: 1823657

  • Title: China foreign ministry says stabbing of US educators was random incident
  • Date: 11th June 2024
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (JUNE 11, 2024) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON, LIN JIAN, ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON, LIN JIAN, SAYING: "From what we know, on the morning of June 10, four foreign teachers from Jilin University were attacked while sight-seeing in Beishan Park. All the injured individuals were immediately taken to the hospital and were given appropriate critical care, no one's life is in danger. The preliminary judgment from the police is that this case is a random incident, currently further investigations are underway." JOURNALISTS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON, LIN JIAN, SAYING: "Engaging in China-U.S. people-to-people exchanges is in line with both sides' interests, and has received enthusiastic support and responses from all levels in both countries. China is recognised as one of the safest countries in the world, China has always taken effective measures and will continue to take such measures to earnestly protect the safety of all foreigners in China. The relevant random incident will not affect the normal conducting of people-to-people exchanges between China and United States." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG FLYING
  • Embargoed: 25th June 2024 10:10
  • Keywords: AMERICAN EDUCATORS CHINA INJURED INVESTIGATION JILIN PROVINCE STABBING STABBING ATTACK
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001970511062024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Chinese police preliminarily judged that the stabbing of four American educators was a random incident and the investigations are ongoing, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday (June 11).
    Four American educators from a small Iowa university were injured in a stabbing attack in a public park in northeast China's Jilin province on Monday (June 10), according to Chinese and U.S. government officials.
    The incident will not affect normal exchanges between the peoples of the United States and China, spokesperson Lin Jian said at a regular news conference.
    Lin added that effective measures would continue to be taken to ensure the safety of foreigners in China.
    (Production: Josh D. Arslan)
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