A 44-year-old male suspect has been arrested over the death of a young foreign Japanese student who was stabbed by the assailant on Wednesday near his school in southern China. The 10-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries and died in the hospital early Thursday morning, the Japanese Embassy in Beijing said.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida demanded that Beijing provide an explanation “as soon as possible,” calling the attack “extremely despicable.”
The suspect, identified by his surname Zhong, stabbed the young child to death near his school in southern China. He was arrested by police immediately after the attack, officials said. The boy was enrolled at the Shenzhen Japanese School, as per the BBC.
