朴槿惠到医院探望驻韩大使李柏特 Park Visits Hospitalized US Ambassador

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韩国总统朴槿惠星期一探望了美国驻韩大使李柏特。上星期,李柏特被一名持刀凶手割伤。

上星期四,李柏特在首尔一个会议厅准备发表演讲时,一名同情朝鲜的活动分子割伤了他的脸部和手腕。

朴槿惠刚刚结束中东之行返回韩国。她上星期五对李柏特说,她曾遭到和李柏特同样的袭击,因此感到心痛。2006年,朴槿惠在首尔竞选时被袭击者用刀割伤脸部,为她治疗的医院正是李柏特目前所在的医院。

有关当局星期日说,55岁的嫌疑人金基宗可能被控谋杀罪。

South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday visited hospitalized U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert, who was slashed in a knife attack last week.

An activist and North Korean sympathizer slashed Lippert on the face and wrist Thursday as he prepared to give a speech at a lecture hall in Seoul.

Ms. Park - shortly after returning home from a Middle East tour - told Lippert on Friday that her heart ached because he had suffered the same type of attack that she once had.  Ms. Park was slashed in the face during an election campaign in Seoul in 2006.  She was cared for at the same hospital where Lippert is being treated.  

Authorities said Sunday that the suspect, 55-year-old Kim Ki-jong, faces possible attempted murder charges.