China says attack on US teachers 'isolated' incident, investigation ongoing

China said Tuesday that an attack on American teachers in the northeastern city of Jilin had been an "isolated" incident, promising Beijing would protect the safety of foreigners in the country.

"The police preliminarily judged that the case was isolated. Further investigation is underway," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said, adding the incident would not "affect the normal development of China-US people-to-people exchanges."

 

AFP