of the conference room. witnesses say they heard kim yelling anti-u.s. sentiments shouting the south korea/u.s. military drills must stop a reference to the annual war games which north korea sees as a provocation. norts say the assailant has a history of similar attacks. in 2010 kim received a suspended prison sentence for throwing a piece of concrete at japanese ambassadors to south korea. president obama calling ambassador lippert, wishing him a speedy recovery. the two close since obama started in the senate in 2005. lippert tweeting from the hospital doing well in great spirits, will be back asap to advance u.s./south korean alliance. certainly that was a brave and plucky tweet, chris for him to do. interesting, it does raise questions about security in south korea. the police saying the u.s. embassy did not ask for any
feel a tingling in her body. she said she knew she was dying. her main artery had been severed. videos show people rushing to help the injured. this was the scene inside marathon sports. a running store located at the finish line. the blast shatters windows causing confusion in the store. you see people running out. some bombing victims stagger inside and clothe something grabbed off the store shelves to make tourniquets to save so many who simply came to watch a race. debra feyerick cnn, boston. stunning images there. the u.s. ambassador to south korea is in stable condition this morning. ambassador mark lippert is recovering after being attacked with a knife. slashed, he was jumped from behind cut in the face and arm by a knife-wielding man as he was about to deliver a speech in seoul. the ambassador was in surgery for more than two hours.
ambassador to south korea, mark lippert. the diplomat undergoing nearly three hours of surgery overnight, receiving more than 80 stitches on his face alone. i m bleeding here. lippert slashed by a ten-inch knife in the face and arms moments before delivering a speech in seoul on wednesday. the weapon slicing open his left forearm, damaging the nerve system for his fingers. the gash on his right cheek four inches long and an inch deep. south korean surgeons say if the facial injury was any deeper it could have been life-threatening. he s one of our top asia policy experts in the u.s. government. according to witnesses, the suspect, 55-year-old king ki jeong pushed the diplomat on to a table before assaulting him. bystanders tackling him to the ground as police rushed him out
these people have family members and loved ones who care about them deeply. let s take a listen. when i saw him, i was distressed because he s ours he s one of us i think his whole experience was traumatic and i think that was part of his expression, i think he would look at it as a sign of weakness if he left. and i don t think he wants to do that. and number two, think he totally enjoys the people of south korea. i m proud of him. i mean he s serving our country. you know i think this is a risk. how do i feel about him? i feel proud of him. as he should. and the fact is that as an ambassador you serve the country. you re tlefr in a host nation. but you don t anticipate this kind of violence coming to meet you. very true. i think the concern here is this is an outstanding ambassador he s totally dedicated. but we should make every effort that all our personnel are properly protected.
mark lippert is expected 0 spend the next couple of days in hospital as a precautionary measure. it s been a day that he could never in his wildest dreams expected. it started off routinely, he was invited to south korean council for peaceful reunification. it was a fairly standard speech and then all of a sudden he was a victim of a vicious and apparently politically motivated attack. help me. horrifying scene. help me. blood dripping down the face of u.s. ambassador to south korea, mark lippert. the diplomat undergoing nearly three hours of surgery overnight, receiving more than 80 stitches on his face alone. pressure and i m bleeding here i m bleeding here. lippert slashed bay ten-inch knife in the face and arms moments before delivering a speech in seoul on wednesday. the weapon slicing open his left forearm, damaging the nerve system for his fingers.