American tourist killed in attack
China Daily | Updated: 2008-08-10 08:48
A Chinese man attacked two American tourists and a Chinese tour guide in downtown Beijing yesterday shortly after noon, resulting in the death of an American man and injuries to two women.
The attacker shortly after committed suicide by jumping from the second story of the historic Drum Tower.
The attack took place at about 12:20 pm, a spokesman from the Beijing municipal government information office said.
He did not give details of how the attack, which took place on the second story of the monument, was carried out. The motive is also not known.
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