TOKYO (Sept 19): A Japanese boy stabbed on his way to school in China died early today, Japanese media reported, in an incident set to further inflame tensions. A man attacked the 10-year-old in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on Wednesday morning and the child was rushed to hospital, the r

A Japanese child was stabbed to death near his school on the anniversary of an incident in 1931 that triggered war between China and Japan, a sensitive date at a time when diplomatic relations are in danger of deteriorating.

A child enrolled in a Japanese school in the Chinese city of Shenzhen has died after being stabbed on Wednesday, officials confirmed on Thursday, the second such attack near Japanese educational centres in China in recent months.

A 10-year-old Japanese boy stabbed by a man while on his way to school in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen died of his wounds early Thursday morning, the Japanese government said, sparking fears the incident will worsen already strained Sino-Japanese ties. The boy, whose father is Japanese and mother…

TOKYO: A child enrolled in a Japanese school in Shenzhen, China, has died after being stabbed by an assailant on Wednesday (Sep 18), the Japanese government said.

While the motivation of the assailant remained unclear, Japanese officials have urged increased security around Japanese schools in China.

Police in Shenzhen said man attacked a minor and the child was rushed to hospital