Japanese student on his way to school, stabbed by someone in Shenzhen, China

According to several Japanese officials, on the morning of 18 September in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, southern China, a boy from Shenzhen Japanese School was attacked by a man on his way to school.The child was stabbed and injured and is receiving treatment at the hospital where he was taken.The suspect has been taken into custody by the Chinese authorities and is being interrogated.

At a press conference on 18 September morning, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshi Moriya said: ‘From the perspective of protecting Japanese nationals, we have made a request to the local authorities, including preventing a recurrence and sharing detailed information’.Shenzhen is an area where China‘s high-tech industry is concentrated and there are many Japanese companies.

In China, three Japanese mothers and their children were attacked by a Chinese man with a knife in the eastern city of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, in June.The Japanese Government had made an offer to the Chinese authorities to ensure the safety of Japanese nationals.(Guangzhou Bureau, Takahiro Suzuki)

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