Chinese (44) as perpetrator

Japan: Boy attacked with knife on way to school – dead

A 44-year-old man stabbed a ten-year-old boy from Japan to death in the metropolis of Shenzhen in southern China. The child was on his way to a Japanese school at the time of the attack. The ten-year-old succumbed to his injuries in hospital.

This was reported by Japanese media citing the Japanese consulate in Guangzhou, China. The background to the attack is completely unclear.

Demand for increased security
Japan summoned the Chinese ambassador in Tokyo and called for security at Japanese schools in China to be tightened.

Attack on woman and child in June, helper died
At the end of June, a Japanese woman and her child were attacked and injured by a man in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou. A Chinese woman who intervened at the time died. In this case too, the man's motive is still unknown.

The diplomatic relationship between Japan and China is also considered tense due to the warlike past of both countries.