According to the Japanese government, a Chinese man who attacked a Japanese mother and child with a knife, killed a Chinese woman who tried to protect them, has been sentenced to death.
A Chinese court said that fifty two year old, Zhou Jiasheng, had carried out the attack on June 24, after he lost the will to live, following the loss of his job and subsequent debts.
The attack had taken place outside a Japanese school in the Chinese province of Suzhou, and was one of three attacks on foreigners in China last year.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters at a press conference that the court ruled that the attack was an intentional murder and the penalty was given due to the “significant social impact” the crime had caused.
However, the court made no mention of Japan during the ruling, according to Hayashi, who added that officials from the Japanese consulate in Shanghai had attended the sentencing.
The attack, along with another stabbing that killed a Japanese school boy in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen last year, had sparked concern amongst the local Japanese community.
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