"Television reports from Seoul showed Lippert, a former assistant secretary of defense and adviser to President Obama, bleeding from his head and hand at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, across the road from the U.S. Embassy. Police said he was attacked with a 10-inch fruit knife. According to reports, the attacker yelled: “No war! The two Koreas should be unified.”
Yonhap News Agency reported that Lippert was bleeding heavily and was taken to a nearby hospital. An embassy spokesman said that Lippert was in a stable condition. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said the ambassador’s injuries were not life-threatening. “We strongly condemn this act of violence,” she said in a statement. Obama called Lippert to “wish him the very best for a speedy recovery, ” National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said."
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