United States ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert was attacked in Seoul Thursday, South Korean media reported.
Lippert was attacked around 7:40 a.m. Thursday morning while giving a lecture at the Sejong Ceter for Performing Arts in Seoul – across the street from the U.S. Embassy – by an assailant armed with a 25cm-long fruit knife.
United States ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert was attacked in Seoul Thursday, South Korean media reported.
Lippert was attacked around 7:40 a.m. Thursday morning while giving a lecture at the Sejong Ceter for Performing Arts in Seoul – across the street from the U.S. Embassy – by an assailant armed with a 25cm-long fruit knife.
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