A Japanese student stabbed near his school in China has died, Japanese officials say

Officers in Tokyo say a 10-year-old Japanese scholar attending a Japanese college in southern China who was attacked the day earlier than has died, asking Beijing to supply particulars of the stabbing and take preventive measures

BEIJING — Officers in Tokyo mentioned Thursday {that a} 10-year-old Japanese scholar attending a Japanese college in southern China who was attacked the day earlier than has died, asking Beijing to supply particulars of the stabbing and take preventive measures. A suspect is in custody.

Japan’s International Minister Yoko Kamikawa expressed condolences and mentioned it was “extraordinarily regrettable” the coed died regardless of requests for warning and enhanced security across the time of the anniversary of the beginning of Japan’s invasion of China within the Nineteen Thirties.

Kamikawa mentioned she additionally instructed Japanese colleges in China to overview their security measures, and requested China to supply particulars of the assault and do its utmost to forestall a recurrence of comparable assaults on the Japanese.

The scholar was stabbed by a person about 200 meters (220 yards) from the gate of the Shenzhen Japanese Faculty, Ministry of International Affairs spokesperson Lin Jian mentioned in a day by day briefing.

“The attacker was arrested on web site. The case remains to be being additional investigated,” Lin mentioned.

The motive for the assault within the metropolis of Shenzhen was not instantly clear.

In an e-mail despatched to Japanese residents residing in China, the Japanese Embassy warned residents to be vigilant and take precautions, citing knife assaults in current months. The Japanese Consulate in Guangzhou, which is liable for Shenzhen, referred to as for measures to forestall such incidents.

On June twenty fourth, a knife assault at a college bus cease for a Japanese college within the southeastern metropolis of Suzhou killed a Chinese language nationwide who was attempting to cease the attacker and injured a Japanese mom and her baby.

Earlier in June, a Chinese language man stabbed 4 U.S. college instructors at a public park in Jilin within the northeast and a Chinese language one who tried to intervene. The 4 instructors from Cornell Faculty have been instructing at Beihua College. Their accidents weren’t essential.