US Ambassador to South Korea Needs 80 Stitches After Knife Attack

South Korean men watch a TV news program reporting that U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert was injured in a knife attack in Seoul, March 5, 2015.

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U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert covers a slash on his face as he leaves the Sejong Cultural Institute in Seoul, after he was attacked by an armed assailant, in Seoul, March 5, 2015.

A man (bottom center) who attacked U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert is detained by police at the Sejong Cultural Institute in Seoul, March 5, 2015.

South Korean police officers patrol near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, March 5, 2015.

South Koreans hold a vigil, praying for a quick recovery of injured U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert in downtown Seoul, March 5, 2015.

South Korean protesters burn North Korean flags and a photo of the suspect accused of slashing U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert, in Seoul, South Korea, March 5, 2015.

U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert.