I was very sorry to hear that!
My sincere condolences to the victims!
And wish it won't happen again during the Games!
I did believe our Chinese government will pay attention to it!

Zhou Chenfei John, Beijing, China

And a New Zealand TV commentator at the Olympics was attacked by a man using a wooden chair, on his way back to his hotel. But that has only made the news in New Zealand. He was injured but not killed.

Dale, Wellington,

it is a shock to me .I do not imagine why this could happen,it is pity ,Chinese are welcoming to foreigners,Hope policeman can find the reason as soon as possible.it is too terrible!

feng, shanghai, china

Not " the rarity of violent crime against foreigners" but "the rarity of violent crime" in general. I have lived in Beijing for 4 years and have seen none of the discriminate, wanton violence that plagues western cities. Think what you write!

richard cant, Beijing, china

I worked in Mainland China for one year and have spent two and half years in total in Asia. The Chinese were very welcoming, contrary to what I was told to expect from other Asian countries and the West. It is difficult for me to return to London, due to the problems there...this is a rarity

Walters, Paris, France

It's a pity,I hope it gonna not distract too much attention from sport games.

kitty, Pakistan,

This news came as a shock to me. I am Chinese and I've always known the mainland Chinese people to be very welcoming to foreigners, especially Americans. I just hope there won't be a recurrence of Munich or Atlanta.

Yoseph, Surabaya, Indonesia

I lived in HK for years. I walked down the streets in Guangzhou Beijing,Harbin & other places -never so much as a rude word was ever uttered to me. This is a sad event that could have happened anywhere: London, Toronto, Tokyo or New York & has nothing to do with the games just a violent nut

Jason Pearson, Toronto, Canada

Oh yeah, this happened without the authorities knowing, especially right now given the massive security blanket in place? And happened on the opening day and right after Bush’s comments about China’s policies?

All of this is coincidence? I don’t think so. It's a message.

Julian Prichard, Redmond, Washington, USA

I do not hope this matter has any bad influence on the relationship between China and America.

KeVin.Z, Shaanxi, China

Yeah, I guess the guy was stabbed by accident, and the guy who did it felt so bad that he committed suicide.

Accidents like this happen all the time. ???

gb, Austin, USA

mass media should not exaggerate some facets. that's your responsibility to tell the truth .

zz, beijing, China

Sorry for such a tragedy happened in Beijing. Sincere condolense to American team and the victims family.

I don't see any reason why this psychopath would behave in this way. It's not easy for the Chinese to have such a chance to show the world our warm welcome and friendliness. Pls dont ruin it

michael, Shanghai, China

Adam, Dalian, China
Please be responsible to what you say. How did the killer recognize the victim is an American? I am not sure that whether this incident is a coincidence, because the investigation still under progress. Such comments are seriously, please think it over first.

Samuel, Maoming , China

As an American abroad living in HK I has never felt safer from physical violence. I feel less safe in Mainland because it is unfamiliar. I believe this is the case for foreigners/tourists. They know Western cities are more dangerous, but Western governments give a sense of calm. Isolated event.

Spirro, Hong Kong, China

'The attack has brought shock to the country because of the rarity of violent crime against foreigners'

- that just might have something to do with the fact that the Chinese police have on previous occasions refused to record crimes (such as rape) on foreigners for fear of damaging statistics.

Daniel, Shanghai, China

So sad to read some of the comments which are the writers' subjective opinions. We sould respect the fact, don't treat with by your personal emotions. If such incident occur in your country, the police will act as the Chinese police, go to protect the scene and investigate on it.

CUI SHOUQIN, Guangdong, China

As an American, I can say - we have plenty of nutcases in our own country. We've had plenty of this type of tragedy, although our crazies usually use guns. As sad as it is for the people involved, I really don't see this as a reflection on China or the Chinese. It was one idiot.

Katie, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

How do we know the man committed suicide by jumping from the tower? Because the chinese police say so? Please! Read some of the other reports about how quickly the chinese sent dozens of police to monitor the site so that people would not talk to the international media.

Frank, London, UK

It isn't possible that in the 21st century there are so many states in which human right are not respected....
I'm happy that now most of the population in the world have opened their eyes on what happens every day in states such as China and many others.
STOP!!!!STOP!!!!STOP!!!!

alessandro, Genova, Italy

Really? I don't believe in this.

jason, Hangzhou, PR of China

A man attacking tourists with a knife is not an accident it is going with intent to harm.. or in this case murder. Yes he threw himself from the tower so he was obviously unhinged but what pushed him to this.....

jim, oulu, finland

Absolutely, this violence set lots of foreign vistors and athletes feeling anxiously.
But I believed that such thing won't occur anymore during this olympic games.I hope the vistors and athletes could feel free while stay in China.
All of us open arms and welcome you.

CUI SHOUQIN, Guangdong, China

some persons from Tibet or not, even havnt been there, they hate China, specially, now, China becoming a little better than ever before.
So the friendly Americans become the aim they attack, which makes me angry & sad.

Jovian, YiChang, China

there is also a Chnese female guide was injured.

Jovian, YiChang, China

This is unfortunate, but I visited Beijing last December and I felt very safe.

Baxter, London, uk

Is it a coincidence that it is an American that was killed, hours after the Americans snub China by making an athlete born in Darfur their flag carrier, and George Bush goes home before the ceremony finishes? Chinese can be very sensitive about such matters, although this person sounds deranged

Adam, Dalian, China

I'm a Chinese living outside of China, and frankly speaking, this news is shocking to me. I hope President Hu will come out and apologise, and really give assurance to the foreign tourists in China.

My sincere condolences to the victim's family.

Terene, Singapore,

really sorry for what happened and hope nothing against peace, friendship and harmony will occur again.We exert our utmost to show a bright China to the world, but such pity ....

fish, zhejiang , China

My prayers and condolences to the family and friends . Tragic event.

This mindless violence does not reflect poorly on the entire country of China, IMHO. Unfortunately, this sort of thing happens in many of our countries.

China has done a wonderful job overall. Great Job hosting!

Christy, Boston , US

Overemphasizing the result of the emergency without any detail, this report is inconvincible in some sense. Only taking an accident into consideration, the writer seems to have a long way to go before reaching such a conclusion. I strongly believe that, Chiese people are friendly in most cases.

Lanying, Beijing,

While it is certainly a tragedy, every country has psychopaths, and it is very hard to stop someone who doesn't care about their life. Just look at what happened the last time the Olympics were here. I don't think anyone with sense will judge 1.3b people on the actions of one lunatic.

Robert Lee, Houston, TX, USA

sorry for the americans,and sorry for the atheletes who lost their relatives.and i believe in my country that we could improve our security system to provide tourists a safe enviroment to stay in.

catherine, beijing, china

Come on. It is just another accident.

Does happen every day? No.

The police will deal with it just any other country.

rymnd, china,

But Andychau the problem many people around the world would have with trusting a police investigation is the lack of transparency. I hope the Olympics mark the dawn of a new age of Chinese Governments openness to the world. I'm very hopeful!

David, Belfast, Northern Ireland

this kind of incidents can exist in any country, i feel sorry for them.

ron, scarborough, england

Well, well. The vaunted Chinese security forces seem to have dealt well with anyone trying to mount a civil protest, or just trying to access certain internet sites. But protecting foreign tourists--guests in China--problematic.

Jim--chongquing-- I guess it depends on how you define success

Terry L. Walker, Ladson, SC / USA

emergency always happen.

however, it is undoubted that China has already achieved success.

Jim, chongqing, China

emergency always happen. sorry for American

however, it is undoubted that China has achieved success.

Jim, chongqing, China

Maybe the foreign athletes will get a bad impression of China because of this case.They may concern about the security and their safety.I thnk the police there should investigate it detaily, the athletes then may release themselves and prepare the events intently.

ANDYCHAU, Hong Kong, China