One place you wouldn’t expect to hear anything about the “Day of Jihad” would have been China, especially the way they treat Uighurs. But it happened as a terrorist in Beijing has stabbed multiple times and is clinging to life in a hospital.
A staffer from the Israeli embassy in Beijing was attacked by a knife-wielding man on the street in broad daylight on Friday. The victim is reportedly in stable condition after suffering bloody stab wounds.
The identity of the attacker was not immediately released, but Friday was declared a “day of rage” by the terrorist group Hamas, which called for attacks against Jews around the world.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed to the South China Morning Post (SCMP) that the victim has been hospitalized in stable condition. He appeared to suffer stab wounds in the shoulder and chest as he grappled with his assailant.
The attacker was described only as “a tall, thin man in a white top armed with a knife.” District police said he appeared to be “non-Chinese.” He was last seen heading west from the scene of the assault.
A second viral video clip appeared to show the bloodstained victim lying on the pavement and telling onlookers he was an employee of the Israeli embassy. A police officer arrived on the scene and said he was from the station in Xinyuanti, a district in northeastern Beijing near the embassy district that is popular with foreign shoppers.