of american tourist stabbed to death at beijing olympic games

American at Olympics stabbed to death: A Chinese man attacked family members of a coach for the U.S. Olympic men's indoor volleyball team in Beijing, killing one and injuring the other. A Chinese tour guide was also attacked. The attacker, 47-year-old Tang Yongming, then leapt to his death from the Drum Tower.


A Chinese man walks by a white sheet at the place a man who committed suicide jumping from top of the Drum Tower after he attacked two American by the Drum Tower in Beijing, China, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) [photo via ("Tang Yongming Attacks Relatives of U.S. Men's Volleyball Coach")]

According to Associated Press,

The official Xinhua News Agency identified the attacker as Tang Yongming, 47, from the eastern city of Hangzhou. It said Tang attacked the two Americans and their Chinese tour guide, who was also injured, at 12:20 p.m. on the second level of the ancient tower, then leapt to his death immediately afterward. The second level of the tower is about 130 feet high.

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