Mary Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 The fatal stabbing of the father of a former Olympian at a Beijing landmark cast a sad shadow over the first full day of Olympic competition Saturday, just hours after China's jubilant opening of the Summer Games. Todd and Barbara Bachman of Lakeville, Minn. ? parents of 2004 volleyball Olympian Elisabeth "Wiz" Bachman and in-laws of U.S. men's volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon ? were attacked by a Chinese man while visiting the 13th-century Drum Tower. The U.S. Olympic Committee confirmed Bachman died from knife wounds and that Barbara Bachman suffered life-threatening injuries. She and their Chinese tour guide, who was also injured in the attack, were being treated in a Beijing hospital. Elisabeth Bachman was with them at the time of the attack, but uninjured. Her father was chief executive officer for Bachman's, Inc., a home-and-garden center based in Minneapolis. The assailant, Tang Yongming, 47, leapt to his death from a 130-foot (40-meter) -high balcony on the Drum Tower, just five miles (eight kilometers) from the main Olympics site, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 The Times reported that China government froze this story locally - Chinese people are not to be distracted from their glory 17 days or so. It said they have 100,000 soldiers assigned to keep that kind of thing from happening, but..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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