10-Year-Old Japanese Pupil Dies After Being Stabbed Near School in China

Published on September 19, 2024

A Japanese pupil has died after being stabbed near a Japanese school in southern China, authorities in both Japan and China confirmed, marking the second attack against Japanese citizens in China in less than three months. The boy was stabbed by a man around 220 yards from the school gate on the morning of Sept. 18, according to the Chinese foreign ministry. The attacker was apprehended at the scene, and the pupil was immediately taken to the hospital. However, he died in the early morning of the next day, according to Tokyo officials. “I cannot imagine the pain the family is going through,” Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa told reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 19....