BEIJING, China (CNN) -- A Chinese attacker
stabbed to death the father-in-law of a U.S. Olympic coach and
seriously wounded the American's wife and a Chinese tour guide
before killing himself, the International Olympic Committee said
Saturday.
Todd and Barbara Bachman of Lakeville, Minnesota were attacked
at the Drum Tower, an ancient monument in downtown Beijing, the IOC
and Chinese authorities said.
Barbara Bachman's injuries are "serious and life-threatening,"
an IOC statement said. The tour guide's condition was not
immediately clear.
Todd Bachman was the father-in-law of U.S. Olympic men's indoor
volleyball head coach Hugh McCutcheon. McCutcheon's wife, 2004 U.S.
Olympic women's indoor volleyball player Elisabeth Bachman
McCutcheon, was with her parents when they were attacked, but she
was not hurt, the IOC said.
The Bachmans were not wearing apparel that identified them as
relatives of members of the U.S. delegation at the time of the
attack, the IOC said.
The attack happened around noon at the Drum Tower, a popular
tourist site, China's official news agency Xinhua reported.
The assailant, a 47-year-old man from Hangzhou in eastern China,
jumped to his death from the tower after the attack, authorities
said.
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