U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert was slashed on the face and wrist by a man wielding a blade and screaming that the rival Koreas should be unified, South Korean police said Thursday.

Media images showed a stunned-looked Lippert staring at his blood-covered left hand and holding his right hand over a cut on the right side of his face, his pink tie splattered with blood.
The U.S. State Department condemned the attack, which happened at a performing arts center in Seoul as the ambassador was preparing for a lecture, and said Lippert was being treated at a local hospital and his injuries weren't life threatening.

YTN TV reported that the man — identified by police as a 55-year-old, surnamed Kim — screamed during the attack, "South and North Korea should be reunified."

The suspect also shouted anti-war slogans after he was detained, and Seoul police say the weapon used had a 25-centimeter blade. (AP)

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Blood stains from U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert are seen on a table, following Lippert's evacuation after being slashed in the face by an unidentified assailant at a public forum in central Seoul

Security personnel detain an unidentified assailant who attacked the U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert at a public forum, in central Seoul March 5, 2015.

Things are happening,both countries should publicly condem such an act,so as not to cause international frictions