Four instructors with ties to an Iowa college were stabbed in China on Monday. Their injuries were described as not life-threatening.<\/p>\n
The four Americans from Cornell College, which has no connection to Cornell University in New York state, were attacked about noon, while touring a park in Jilin, a city in the northeastern part of the country, according to reports.<\/p>\n
\u201cHorrified that multiple Cornell College faculty members were brutally stabbed in China. My team has been in communication with Cornell College & will do everything in our power to bring these Iowans home safely. Join me in praying for their health & safety,\u201d Republican Rep. Ashley Hinton of Iowa posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n Horrified that multiple Cornell College faculty members were brutally stabbed in China.<\/p>\n My team has been in communication with Cornell College & will do everything in our power to bring these Iowans home safely. Join me in praying for their health & safety.<\/p>\n \u2014 Ashley Hinson (@RepAshleyHinson) June 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n \nIowa Democratic state Rep. Adam Zabner said his brother, David Zabner, was among the victims, according to CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n David Zabner, currently a doctoral student at Tufts University and former Cornell instructor, was stabbed in the arm and is recovering at a hospital, Adam Zabner said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe has not yet been released this morning but he\u2019s doing OK,\u201d he said, according to CBS.<\/p>\n The Americans were participating in a program<\/a> with a local Chinese university and were accompanied by a faculty member from the Chinese college at the time of the attack, Cornell College President Jonathan Brand said in a statement, according to CBS.<\/p>\n Chinese police said a local resident, identified only as a 55-year-old with the surname of Cui, was arrested for the stabbing<\/a>, according to Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cCui collided into a foreigner while walking in Beishan Park, and then stabbed the foreigner and three fellow foreigners with a knife, as well as a Chinese tourist who tried to stop him,\u201d Jilin city police said in a statement.<\/p>\n The injuries suffered were \u201cnot life-threatening,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n Four Americans affiliated with Iowa\u2019s Cornell College were injured in a random stabbing attack in China, according to Chinese officials.<\/p>\n At least two of the victims are hospitalized in critical condition, according to a congresswoman. https:\/\/t.co\/G7H0DfVW3z<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/1469zgGAag<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) June 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs representative Lin Jian said the incident should not disturb relations<\/a> between China and the U.S., according to CBS.<\/p>\n \u201cFour foreign teachers from Beihua University, Jilin City, were attacked when touring the city\u2019s Beishan Park,\u201d Lin said.<\/p>\n \u201cAll the injured were rushed to hospital and received proper medical treatment. None of them is in a critical condition. Police believed it to be an isolated incident based on preliminary assessment. Further investigation is still underway,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cCultural and people-to-people exchange between China and the U.S. serves common interests of both sides and has been positively supported by various sectors of the two countries,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cWe believe that the isolated incident will not disrupt normal cultural and people-to-people exchange between the two countries.\u201d<\/p>\n My office and I are in touch with an impacted #Iowa<\/a> family. We are working through proper channels and requesting to speak with the U.S. Embassy on appropriate matters to ensure that the victims first receive quality care for their injuries and then get out of #China<\/a> in a\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/M4udbe6KS9<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D. (@RepMMM) June 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n \u201cMy office and I are in touch with an impacted #Iowa<\/a> family. We are working through proper channels and requesting to speak with the U.S. Embassy on appropriate matters to ensure that the victims first receive quality care for their injuries and then get out of #China<\/a> in a medically feasible manner,\u201d Iowa Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks wrote in a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cornell College is in Mount Vernon, Iowa, in the eastern part of the Hawkeye State, just east of Cedar Rapids.<\/p>\n This article appeared originally on The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post 4 American College Instructors \u2018Brutally Stabbed\u2019 While in China<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Four instructors with ties to an Iowa college were stabbed in China on Monday. 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