page_title: 2008 Beijing Drum Tower stabbings
section_title: Events and victims
hierarchical_section_title: 2008 Beijing Drum Tower stabbings / Events and victims
caption_attribution_description: English: Beijing drum tower 中文（中国大陆）‎: 北京鼓楼
context_page_description: On August 9, 2008 in the People's Republic of China, two American tourists and their Chinese tour guide were stabbed at the historic Beijing Drum Tower; one of the tourists was killed. The assailant then committed suicide by jumping from the tower. The incident occurred during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The incident has been described as isolated since attacks on foreigners while visiting China are rare.
context_section_description: Three people were stabbed in Beijing, China, on August 9, 2008, by 47-year-old Tang Yongming of Hangzhou, while visiting the 13th-century Drum Tower in Beijing during the 2008 Summer Olympics. The victims were Todd Bachman, a prominent horticulturalist from Lakeville, Minnesota, his wife Barbara, and their female Chinese national tour guide. Todd Bachman, who died in the attack, was the father of American athlete Elisabeth Bachman and the father-in-law of Team USA men's volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon. Barbara Bachman was severely wounded but survived the attack. The female Chinese tour guide was listed in stable condition at the Chinese hospital, as was Mrs. Bachman. One of the Bachmans' daughters, Elisabeth Bachman McCutcheon, was also on the tour but was uninjured. The attacker then leaped to his death from a 40-metre (130 ft) high balcony on the Drum Tower. US Olympic Committee Chairman Peter Ueberroth and US President George W. Bush each offered his condolences.
caption: The Drum Tower of Beijing
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