Diplomat Stabbed: Japanese Apology Follows Attack
Diplomat Stabbed: Japanese Apology Follows Attack
Japan apologizes for an attack on United States Ambassador Edwin O. Reischauer who was wounded by a young Japanese who scaled the wall of the Embassy compound in Tokyo. The Ambassador suffered a deep wound in the thigh. He is recovering. His assailant, mentally deranged, said he wanted to dramatize the plight of near-sighted people..... Tokyo, Japan
Diplomat Stabbed: Japanese Apology Follows Attack
Edward O. Reischauer walking into a room filled with news media and paparazzi. MS - Police, by-standers and the news media standing outside the American Embassy. MSLU - A American flag. Camera panning - The grounds of the American Embassy and the compound wall that the intruder scaled. Outside shot - A hospital in Japan that Edwin D. Reischauer was rushed to. MSOH - The nursing staff and a doctor wheeling in the United State's Ambassador, Edwin D. Reischauer after he'd been knifed, to the recovery room.
Diplomat Stabbed: Japanese Apology Follows Attack
DO NOT USE Still photo of the 19-teen year old that knifed the Ambassador sitting in a chair.
Diplomat Stabbed: Japanese Apology Follows Attack
MS - John Kerchek, an embassy attache who held the 19-teen year old, thus curtailing an assignation