What a Bloody Beijing Olympics ! - - Relative of U.S. Coach Stabbed and
Killed at Olympics/Reuters
――Micky's HO: Many people do not know that under the "euphoric
enthusiasm" that Chinese government want visitors, especially the
visiting foreign journalists to believe, there are much indignation and
indescribable cruelty in today's China. To host Olympics on the killing
grounds of 1989 Beijing Massacre is just one of them.――
Relative of U.S. Coach Stabbed and Killed at Olympics
Reuters Aug 9, 2008
(Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
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American Tourist Mark Ledford explains what he saw to the interviewing
journalist.
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Police who enters crime scene to collect evidence.
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Police at scene locks the gate which enters the Bell-Tower.
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Police who enters crime scene to collect evidence.
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Chinese police who prevents journalists to take pictures.
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Police who enters crime scene to collect evidence.
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Police at scent blocks the main entrance which enters the Bell Tower.
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Police at scent blocks the main entrance which enters the Bell Tower.
BEIJING―A relative of a U.S. men's volleyball coach was stabbed to death
and another family member injured in an attack in Beijing on Saturday,
the U.S. Olympic Committee said in a statement.
"While at the Drum Tower in central Beijing, the two family members were
stabbed during an attack by what local law enforcement authorities have
indicated was a lone assailant. One of the family members was killed and
the other seriously injured."
"Following the attack, the assailant took his own life."
A Chinese tour guide was also injured in the attack carried out by a
Chinese man. Assaults on foreigners are rare in Beijing, site of the
2008 Olympic Games.
Tang Yongming, 47, from the eastern city of Hangzhou, jumped to his
death from the second storey of popular tourist spot Drum Tower after
the incident, the official Xinhua news agency cited a Beijing city
government spokesman as saying.
A U.S. embassy spokeswoman confirmed the attack occurred shortly after
noon, but did not reveal the identities of the victims or other details.
"We're actively following the situation right now and U.S. Embassy
officials are already at the hospital," a U.S. embassy spokeswoman said.
She said embassy officials had been dispatched to the Beijing hospital
where the surviving tourist, a woman, and the local tour guide had been
rushed.
Beijing has been calm in the run-up to the Summer Games, with security
tight across the capital and thousands of security officials patrolling
Games venues and streets.
A crowd has gathered around the Drum Tower, in bustling central Beijing,
which has been closed off by police.
Last Updated
Aug 9, 2008
