SHENZHEN: A Chinese newspaper on Friday reported in detail the fatal stabbing of a Japanese boy in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, southern China, earlier this week, calling it an accidental incident, based on information from police.
It appears that Chinese authorities released details of the incident through the newspaper, in response to the Japanese government’s request for detailed information.
When a Japanese woman and her child were injured by a knife-wielding man in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, eastern China in June, Chinese authorities also described that incident as accidental.
According to a report by the newspaper on social media, the latest attack was carried out by a 44-year-old man alone and that he has admitted that he injured the boy with a knife. The man, who did not have a regular job, vandalized a public facility and became subject to police action in 2015, and was detained by Shenzhen police for disturbing public order in 2019.
The newspaper, however, did not mention the suspect’s motives, including whether he intended to kill a Japanese citizen.
It also published an opinion piece, stressing that the violent act committed by the suspect did not represent ordinary Chinese people or reflect Chinese society.
According to the newspaper and other sources, the stabbing occurred outside a Japanese school at 7:55 a.m. Wednesday local time. An ambulance arrived at the scene 10 minutes later, and the boy was taken to hospital. Experts from several hospitals supported emergency treatment, but the boy died at 1:36 a.m. Thursday.
JIJI Press