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American stabbed to death on trip to Israel was Vanderbilt student

Students walk through the Warren College and Moore College area at Vanderbilt University on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Nashville.
Students walk through the Warren College and Moore College area at Vanderbilt University on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Nashville. Students walk through the Warren College and Moore College area at Vanderbilt University on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Nashville.

I am horrified and saddened by the senseless attack that took the life of American student Taylor Force and wounded others.

NASHVILLE – The American stabbed to death in a series of assaults in Israel was a student at Vanderbilt University, the school said Tuesday.

Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos wrote in a letter to students, faculty and staff that graduate student Taylor Force was killed in a stabbing attack.

All other students and faculty on the trip are safe and unharmed, Zeppos said, calling the incident a “horrific act of violence.”

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made a statement today regarding the death of Force.