Four American teachers stabbed in a public park in China

Four American teachers stabbed in a public park in China

The spokesperson for the Asian country’s foreign ministry declared that “this isolated case will not affect the normal development of exchanges between both peoples.”

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Four American university professors who worked in China were stabbed in a public parkan attack that the Asian country’s foreign ministry described as an “isolated” incident.

The Cornell Collegefrom the state of Iowahad indicated on Monday that The four Americans worked as professors at their institution and were participating in an academic exchange in China.

He United States Department of State declared that he was “aware of information about a knife attack in Jilin”a city in the northeast of Chinain the province of the same name.

He Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that “four foreign teachers… had been attacked while walking in Beishan Park in Jilin,” its spokesperson said. Lin Jian at a press conference.

“Police preliminarily considered the case to be isolated. Further investigations are underway”he declared.

Attacks on foreign citizens, and especially Westerners, are very rare in Chinawhere the streets are usually very safe at any time and the number of attacks is much lower than in United States or Europe.

The Foreign Ministry spokesperson defended that “China is generally recognized as one of the safest countries in the world” and assured that its authorities will continue to “take appropriate measures to protect the safety of all foreigners.”

He also declared that “this isolated case will not affect the normal development of exchanges between the peoples of China and the United States.”

The Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson said on social media site X that she was “horrified” that the four teachers had been “brutally stabbed.”

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