Saturday, August 9, 2008

American Killed in Olympic attack



A Chinese man wielding a knife stabbedan American couple in central Beijing on Saturday, killing the man and seriously wounding the woman before jumping to his death from an ancient tower. Said U.S Olympic Officials and State-run media.
A female Chinese tour guide also wounded in the attack, which happened around noon at the Drum Tower, a popular tourist site, Cina's official news agency, Xinhua repoterd.
The U.S> Olympic Committee identified the dead man as Todd Bachman, the father- in-law of Olympic men's In door Volleyball Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon. Bachman's wife, Barbara, suffered "serious and life threatening" injuries, the committee said.

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