U.S. Olympic team relatives attacked in Beijing, 1 dead

BEIJING, China (CNN) - An American man was stabbed to death and American woman attending the Olympics was wounded in downtown Beijing Saturday by a Chinese man who then killed himself, according to U.S. Olympic team officials and China's official news agency, Xinhua.

The United States Olympic Committee said the two Americans were "family members of a coach for the United States Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Team."

A Chinese tour guide, a woman, was also wounded in the attack, which happened around noon at the Drum Tower, a popular tourist site, Xinhua reported.

The attacker, identified as a 47-year-old man from the eastern Chinese city Hangzhou, jumped to his death from the second level of the Drum Tower, a spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Government Information Office told Xinhua.