中新网8月10日电 北京奥运官网发布消息称，北京奥组委对美国男子室内排球队教练助理的两名亲属及一名中国导游在北京游览时遇袭，造成伤亡事件深感悲痛，对遇害者表示深切哀悼，对伤者及其家属表示诚挚慰问。
8月9日，美国奥委会男子室内排球队教练助理的两位亲属及陪同的中国导游在北京市东城区鼓楼游览时遭到袭击，其中一人死亡，两人受伤。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，及时将伤者送往附近的医院救治，并展开调查工作。
目前，有关调查仍在进行中。上述事件只是一起偶发治安事件。北京是一个安全的城市，北京警方将为中外游客观赛、游览提供良好的治安环境。
(转自
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/olympic/news/2008/08-10/1342097.shtml)
CNN的报道：
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- A Chinese man wielding a knife stabbed an American couple in central Beijing on Saturday, killing the man and seriously wounding the woman before jumping to his death from an ancient tower, said U.S. Olympic officials and state-run media.
A female Chinese tour guide also was wounded in the attack, which happened around noon at the Drum Tower, a popular tourist site, China's official news agency, Xinhua, reported.
The U.S. Olympic Committee identified the dead man as Todd Bachman, the father-in-law of Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon. Bachman's wife, Barbara, suffered "serious and life-threatening" injuries, the committee said.
However, Xinhua reported that she and the tour guide were in "stable" condition at a hospital.
The couple's daughter, Elizabeth Bachman McCutcheon -- the coach's wife and a member of the 2004 indoor women's volleyball team -- was with them during the attack but was unharmed, USOC said.
Dale Bachman, second cousin to Todd, said that Barbara Bachman had made it through surgery Saturday and was being treated in intensive care at a Beijing hospital.
"The next 24 hours are critical and we appreciate all your thoughts and prayers," he 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, USOC said.
Dale Bachman said the family has been "simply overwhelmed" by an outpouring of support and sympathy from across the globe since news of the attack broke.
"The U.S. Olympic family is another family for Todd and Barbara," he said. "They were very excited about making this trip to China. One of the messages that came back was to a friend of Todd's, an e-mail after the opening ceremonies letting her know that Todd had seen the opening ceremonies and enjoyed them and was inspired by them."
The attacker, identified as a 47-year-old man from the Hangzhou, in eastern China, jumped from the second level of the building, a spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Government Information Office told Xinhua. Watch a USOC official describe security for Americans »
"It is impossible to describe the depth of our sadness and shock in this tragic hour," USOC Chairman Peter Ueberroth said. "Our delegation comes to the Games as a family, and when one member of our family suffers a loss, we all grieve with them. Our thoughts, prayers and deepest condolences are with the Bachman and McCutcheon families."
President Bush, who is in Beijing for the Games, said in a statement that he and the first lady were "saddened" by the attack.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. And the United States government has offered to provide any assistance the family needs," Bush said.
The U.S. Embassy has offered the victims' families whatever assistance is needed, a White House spokesman said.
The ancient Drum Tower in 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
