BEIJING - Police have confirmed that a man who was stabbed to death in downtown Beijing on Wednesday afternoon was from the United States.
警方已确认周三下午在北京市区被捅死的男子来自美国。
The 62-year-old victim, named Howard Thomas Mills, was killed at 3:20 pm at the entrance to Qudeng Alley in Xicheng district, according to a written statement issued by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau on Wednesday night.
据北京市公安局周三晚上发布的声明显示，受害者名叫Howard Thomas Mills，62岁，于下午3：20在西城区取灯胡同入口被杀害。
Mills arrived in China on July 3 with an ordinary passport, said the statement.
Mills于7月3日携普通护照到达中国。
The suspect, An Libo, was apprehended by police officers who were on patrol near the scene of the attack.
嫌犯安利波被子案发现场附近巡逻的警察抓获。
An, 35, is a native of Zhaozhou county in the city of Daqing, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province. He arrived in Beijing on Wednesday morning by train from his hometown.
安利波，35岁，中国黑龙江省大庆市肇州县人。他于周三早上乘车从家乡来到北京。
Believed to suffer from a mental disorder, An was found to have attacked and robbed people using a knife in Shanghai in January and then sent back to his hometown, said the statement.
据说，安因精神失常曾于1月在上海被发现持刀袭击和抢劫他人后被遣送回乡。
Further investigation is underway.
进一步调查尚在进行中。
