Man arrested after four US academics stabbed in park during China visit

Jilin city in north-east China, where four US academics were stabbed on Monday while visiting Beishan park, according to US officials. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock

Four US college instructors teaching in China have been stabbed while visiting a public park, US officials have said.

The tutors from Cornell College in Iowa were at the park in Jilin province, north-eastern China, with a faculty member from Beihua University on Monday when the attack occurred, the college president Jonathan Brand said in a statement. The private college in Iowa partners with the university near Jilin City.