A boy is in hospital after he was attacked by a man with a knife on the way to his Japanese primary school in Shenzhen, southern China on Wednesday morning.
A Japanese government source has told Kyodo News that the boy – whose condition is unknown – was the victim of a stabbing. Earlier reports from Japan said only that a man had been detained for questioning by local authorities after an attack.
A spokesperson with Japan’s embassy in Beijing confirmed that the boy was attacked and is receiving treatment in hospital. No details were released of the victim’s identity, or how seriously he was injured.
The incident occurred on the anniversary of the 918 Incident – also known as the Manchurian Incident – which many Chinese regard as the start of Japan’s invasion of China in 1931 and a day of national humiliation.
“From the perspective of protecting Japanese nationals, we have made requests to local authorities for measures to prevent a recurrence and to share detailed information,” government spokesman Hiroshi Moriya said at a press conference in Tokyo.
