男子北京鼓楼上持械袭击游客致1死2伤后跳楼身亡
新华网北京８月９日电 北京市政府新闻办消息：８月９日１２时许，一名男子在北京市东城区鼓楼城楼二楼上突然持械袭击３名游客，致使１人死亡，２人受伤。行凶男子随后跳楼，当场死亡。 北京警方接报后迅速赶到现场，将伤者送往附近的医院救治，并展开调查工作。 经初步调查，行凶男子随身携带证件显示：唐永明，男，４７岁，浙江省杭州市人。 死者为美籍男性游客，伤者为美籍女性游客，二人均持旅游签证入境；另一名伤者为中国籍女导游。 目前，北京警方正在对此事件作进一步调查。
-- A Chinese attacker stabbed two Americans, killing the man and wounding the woman, who were attending the Olympic Games on Saturday, according to the U.S. Olympic Committee.
美国奥运排球教练亲属在京遇害身亡
美国奥委会表示，在北京遇害身亡的美国游客是美国排球队教练的亲戚。 BBC据中国新华社报道，北京时间星期六（8月9日）中午左右，一名男子在北京市东城区鼓楼城楼二楼上突然持械袭击一男一女两名美国游客和一名中国导游，造成一死两伤。疑凶也当场自尽。 报道说，行凶男子随后从鼓楼跃下身亡。据现场捡获证件显示，疑凶是47岁的浙江杭州人唐永明。 目前北京警方已经对案件展开调查。 法新社引述美国驻华大使馆发言人说，他们已经得悉事件，目前正与死伤者家属和中国当局紧密联系。 鼓楼是北京市中心的著名古迹，也是北京中轴线的北端。鼓楼始建元朝年间，曾多次遭焚毁而重建，现存的鼓楼在明朝嘉靖18年（1539年）建成。 这起事件发生在北京奥运比赛正式展开的第一天。 北京在奥运开幕前加强了首都的保安，类似以外国游客为目标的袭击事件在北京并不常见。 据估计，在奥运会举行期间，北京将共有45万名外国游客到访。
BEIJING, China (CNN)  Chinese police respond to the stabbings at the Drum Tower in Beijing on Saturday. An American man died. The USOC said the two Americans were family members of a coach for the U.S. men's indoor volleyball team. No other information about them was released. The attacker was a 47-year-old man from the eastern Chinese city Hangzhou, a spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Government Information Office told Xinhua.
A White House spokesman said President Bush, who is attending Olympic events Saturday, was told about the attack against the Americans. The U.S. Embassy and the White House have offered the victims' families whatever assistance is needed, the spokesman said. The ancient Drum Tower in Beijing, and the nearby Bell Tower, are popular tourist sites. Both sites told the time in the capital city, with the bell rung in the morning and drum beaten in the evening, throughout the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
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The man also injured a female Chinese tour guide before leaping to his death around noon from the second floor of the Drum Tower, a popular Beijing tourist site, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported.
