Four American teachers were stabbed in a park in Jilin City

Four teachers from a private American university who were teaching in China were stabbed in Beishan Park in Jilin City, Jilin Province.

According to reports from Voice of America and Agence France-Presse, the four injured were teachers at Cornell College in Iowa, USA. They were reportedly stabbed on Monday (June 10, 2024) in a public park.

Jonathan Brand, president of Cornell College, said in a statement that the teachers were in the park with a faculty member from Jilin Beihua University when the attack occurred. The school has contacted the four teachers and is providing assistance.

The US State Department told VOA that it has learned of a knife-wounding incident in Jilin Province, China, and is following the development of the situation. It cannot make further comments at this time.