TOKYO (Reuters) -A ten-year-old boy enrolled in a Japanese college in Shenzhen, China, has died after being stabbed by an assailant on Wednesday, the Japanese authorities mentioned.
The boy was stabbed on his method to college at about 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) on Wednesday by the suspected 44-year-old assailant, who was arrested on the spot, in keeping with Chinese language authorities. The kid died within the early hours of Thursday, Japanese overseas minister Yoko Kamikawa instructed reporters.
“I take the incident extremely seriously,” Kamikawa mentioned.
“This should never happen in any country. Particularly, I sincerely regret that this despicable act was committed against a child on his way to school.”
Japan has requested China to supply an in depth clarification of the information and to take robust security measures, she added.
Authorities in each Japan and China declined to reveal the nationality of the sufferer, whereas the web site of the Shenzhen Japanese College says it’s for kids of Japanese nationality. Japan doesn’t recognise twin citizenship for adults.
The assault occurred close to the college on the anniversary of an incident in 1931 that triggered battle between China and Japan, a delicate date at a time when diplomatic relations are at risk of deteriorating.
It was the second such assault close to a Japanese academic facility in China in current months.
Japanese Chief Cupboard Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi declined to touch upon any potential influence of the most recent incident on bilateral ties.
In June, a person attacked a bus utilized by a Japanese college within the japanese metropolis of Suzhou, ensuing within the demise of a Chinese language nationwide who tried to defend a Japanese mom and her little one from the assailant.
Additionally on Wednesday, a Chinese language plane service entered Japan’s contiguous waters for the primary time, the most recent in a string of navy manoeuvres that prompted a protest from Tokyo to Beijing.
