Killing at Beijing’s Drum Tower

The Minnesota couple attacked today in Beijing in a stabbing that left the man dead and his wife critically injured were well-known in Southern California volleyball circles as boosters of the sport. Friends today recalled the pair for their enduring support of their daughter’s volleyball career both at UCLA, where she was a standout collegiate player, and when she joined the Olympic team in Athens four years ago.

Todd and Barbara Bachman of Lakeville, Minn., were attacked about noon in an assault witnessed by their daughter, Elisabeth “Wiz” Bachman McCutcheon, the wife of the U.S. men’s Olympic volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon. The McCutcheons live in Irvine, not far from where the men’s team trains in Anaheim.

The attack also wounded the family’s Chinese guide, officials said.

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