Footage shows the moments after US Ambassador Mark Lippert was attacked with a knife by a man screaming demands for a unified North and South Korea. Lippert was taken to Yonsei University hospital where he received 80 stitches in his face. He was also treated for a puncture wound on his wrist.
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Footage shows the moments after US Ambassador Mark Lippert was attacked with a knife by a man screaming demands for a unified North and South Korea. Lippert was taken to Yonsei University hospital where he received 80 stitches in his face. He was also treated for a puncture wound on his wrist.