Four American teachers were stabbed in broad daylight by an unknown assailant in China on Monday, according to their employer, U.S. government officials, as well as media reports and social media posts.
The educators—who are affiliated with Iowa’s Cornell College, a small liberal arts college about two hours east of Des Moines, and were in China as part of a partnership with Beihua University in Jilin, a northeastern province—were “injured in a serious incident” while they were visiting a public park accompanied by a Beihua faculty member, school president Jonathan Bard announced in an email to the Cornell community. “We have been in contact with all four instructors and are assisting them during this time,” Bard said, adding that no students were taking part in the program.
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The U.S. State Department said in a statement to the Associated Press that it is aware of and monitoring the…
