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Professor stabbed to death on LA campus

Xinhua, December 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

A professor of Chinese origin was stabbed to death by a student on Friday afternoon at the University of Southern California (USC), the police said.

The suspect, whose name was not released, was in police custody.

"This was not a random act; this victim was targeted by the suspect," Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson Meghan Aguilar told a press conference.

Bosco Siaufung Tjan, the victim, was a psychology professor at USC.

Police received a 911 call at 4:30 p.m. (0030 GMT Saturday) about a person with multiple stab wounds. The victim was dead by the time firefighters arrived at the scene. Endi