{"id":4409,"date":"2015-03-05T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=4409"},"modified":"2015-03-05T11:42:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T11:42:00","slug":"face-of-us-ambassador-to-s-korea-cut-open-by-knife-wielding-activist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=4409","title":{"rendered":"Face Of US Ambassador to S.Korea Cut Open By Knife Wielding Activist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/US1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4410\" alt=\"US1\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/US1-300x179.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/US1-300x179.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/US1.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/US8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4411\" alt=\"US8\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/US8-300x202.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/US8-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/US8.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A horrific image has emerged showing the gaping wound inflicted on the U.S. ambassador to South Korea&#8217;s face after a furious activist slashed it open with a knife. Mark Lippert now needs 80 stitches to fix the damage caused by the attack in broad daylight as he attended a breakfast meeting yesterday morning in Seoul. \u00a0According to a report, someone yelled &#8216;North Korea and South Korea should be unified&#8217; and &#8216;no to war training!&#8217; before the Ambassador left \u00a0the Sejong performing-arts centre around 7:40am.<br \/>\nThe attacker slashed the ambassador on the right cheek, left wrist and other parts of his body, but State Department says the injuries are non-life-threatening and that he is in stable condition after undergoing minor surgeries at a nearby hospital. A 55-year-old &#8216;pro-North Korea activist&#8217; name Kim Ki-jong, believed to be the attacker was however arrested immediately after the attack. South Korean Prime Minister, Lee Wan-koo, after the attack said, <b>&#8216;It is regrettable that an incident like this took place.<\/b>&#8216;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A horrific image has emerged showing the gaping wound inflicted on the U.S. ambassador to South Korea&#8217;s face after a furious activist slashed it open with a knife. Mark Lippert now needs 80 stitches to fix the damage caused by the attack in broad daylight as he attended a breakfast meeting yesterday morning in Seoul. 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