idio idiolog. but no place an ambassador serves without a threat and these threats are not unusual. they occur in a lot of places. and i had situations in both australia and japan in which there were threats made. there was an off-duty policeman from a city outside tokyo that flew a molotov cocktail into the compound one day. it didn t hurt anybody, fortunately, but security is something every ambassador is concerned about. not just about himself but the people under him. that s the primary concern you have is to be sure that everybody is safe every day, every hour of the year. so you go into an appointment like this, just knowing sort of accepting that there is a level of risk. certain posts are higher risks. japan and south korea, for instance where ambassador lippert was attacked by a knife recently a lot of stitches very bloody event, very scary,
visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. wednesday when we got that shocking news out of south korea that the u.s. ambassador to south korea had been at a breakfast meeting in seoul when attacked by a man wielding a ten-inch kitchen knife. the man slashed ambassador mark lippert s face and arm. ambassador lippert was taken straight from the meeting room to the hospital. ended up getting 80 stitches to repair the giant slash to his face. well, today ambassador lippert was released from the hospital. the ambassador has suffered some nerve damage in his left hand. you can also see he has an impressive four-inch wound on his cheek but he seemed to be in very positive spirits today. it was obviously a scary incident but i m walking, talking, holding my baby, you know, hugging my wife, so i m
incident but i m walking, talking, holding my baby you know hugging my wife so i m i just feel really good. the allege add tacker remains in custody, facing charges of violating korean national security law and attempted murder. the man s believed to have been making some sort of protest against the u.s. and south korea holding joint military exclusives but honestly who cares. once you re stabbing people in the face nobody cares about why you re doing it. the state department may add further security for the embassy and embassy earnpersonnel. the american ambassador to south korea attacked just viciously last week mark lippert is well enough to have been released from the hospital today. more ahead. stay with us.
it was wednesday when when we got that shocking news out of south korea that the u.s. ambassador to south korea had been at a breakfast meeting in seoul when attacked by a man wielding a ten-inch kitchen knife. the man slashed ambassador mark lippert s face and arm. ambassador lippert was taken straight from the meeting room to the hospital. he ended up getting 80 stitches to repair the giant slash to his face. well, today ambassador lippert was released from the hospital. the ambassador has suffered some nerve damage in his left hand. you can also see he has an impressive four-inch wound on his right cheek, but he seemed to be in very positive spirits today. it was obviously a scary incident, but i m walking, talking, holding my baby, you know, hugging my wife, so i m i just feel really good.
the alleged attacker remains in custody, facing charges of violating korean national security law and attempted murder. the man s believed to have been making some sort of protest against the u.s. and south korea holding joint military exercise s, but honestly who cares.s, but honestly who cares. once you re stabbing people in the face nobody cares about why you re doing it. the state department may add further security for the embassy and embassy personnel. but the very good news today is the american ambassador to south korea attacked just viciously last week mark lippert is well enough to have been released from the hospital today. more ahead. stay with us. nineteen years ago, we thought wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad? so we gave people the power of the review.