Four US academics stabbed in park during China visit, say US officials

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, college president Jonathan Brand said in a statement. The private college in Iowa partners with the university near Jilin City. Details on the extent of the group's injuries and whether the daytime attack was targeted or random were unclear. Iowa state representative Adam Zabner told US media that his brother, David Zabner,…