US Ambassador to Seoul, Mark Lippert, survives knife attack

US Ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, was hospitalized after an unexpected knife attack and the incident took place at about 7:40 (10:40 p.m. GMT) at the Seoul Arts Center while the US official attended a lunch event. Following the attack, Mark Lippert suffered face and hand slashes.

The attacker turned out to be a 55-year-old man, known as the Korean nationalist militant activist who advocates for reunification of North and South Korea. According to witness accounts, a screaming man shouted slogans of Korean reunification. The perpetrator was subdued and arrested by police.

Mark Lippert

US envoy to South Korea, Mark Lippert, escaped slashing incident (public domain)

Ambassador Mark Lippert, aged 42, was rushed to the hospital and fortunately the knife wounds were not life-threatening.

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President Barack Obama contacted U.S. envoy Lippert by telephone. “I wish his a swift recovery,” said a spokeswoman for the US National Security Council Bernadette Meehan.

Furthermore, Mark Lippert wrote on a social network that he feels good. “I am in good mood and I can not wait to go back to my work to contribute to the development of US-South Korean relatioships”, said the official.

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