SEOUL - The U.S. ambassador to South Korea was injured in an attack on March 5 by a man wielding a knife and shouting anti-American statements, U.S. officials, local police and witnesses said.
Wall Street Journal: US ambassador attacked in South Korea
South Korean police stand guard outside the US embassy in Seoul on March 5, 2015, after US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, was slashed on his face and arm as he was attending a breakfast function at the Sejong Cultural Institute.