4 Iowa College Instructors Stabbed in China

4 Iowa College Instructors Stabbed in China
Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, in a file photo. Courtesy of Cornell College via CNN Newsource
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BEIJING—Four American instructors from a small Iowa college were injured in a stabbing attack in a public park in northeast China’s Jilin province on Monday, according to Chinese and U.S. officials.

Local police said the incident occurred shortly before noon on Monday at a park in Jilin city and the suspect, a 55-year-old local man surnamed Cui, was detained the same day.