U.S. Ambassador in South Korea Attacked With Knife
The U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, was attacked Thursday morning (local time, late evening ET) in Seoul by an armed assailant, officials said.
The envoy was on his way to attend a morning lecture in central Seoul when the attack took place, according to the Yonhap news agency, which had a picture of Lippert bleeding.
Police told CNBC that the ambassador was sliced with a knife near his face, but that the injury was not life-threatening.
Lippert, 42, was rushed to a nearby hospital, sources told Yonhap, adding that the unidentified suspect was immediately apprehended.
A former Senate staff member for President Barack Obama, Lippert was a key advisor during the 2008 campaign, former Chief of Staff to the Obama NSC, and was confirmed as Ambassador last September after serving Chuck Hagel in the Pentagon.
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