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Beijing: Four American instructors from Iowa College who were on a visit to their partner university in China, sustained injuries after being attacked in a stabbing incident in a public park, CNN reported citing a school spokesperson.
The instructors from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, were at a public park on Monday (local time) with a faculty member of their partner institution when they were injured “in a serious incident,” school President Jonathan Brand said in a statement to the college community.
“We have been in contact with all four instructors and are assisting them during this time,” Brand said. School spokesperson Jen Visser told CNN the stabbing incident happened in Jilin City and the partner school is Beihua University.
The US State Department is aware of reports of a stabbing incident in China and is monitoring the situation, according to a spokesperson.
No students were participating in the program, according to the school.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds said he is in touch with Iowa’s federal delegation and the state department.
“I am in touch with Iowa’s federal delegation and the state department in response to this horrifying attack. Please pray for their full recovery, safe return, and their families here at home,” he said.
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst also said her team is “closely following reports that personnel from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon were stabbed in China.”
