China executes man for 2024 fatal stabbing of Japanese boy

The Star

22-04-2025

A woman laying flowers outside the Shenzhen Japanese School after a 10-year-old Japanese boy was fatally stabbed on his way to class. - Reuters
HONG KONG: China has executed a man for the fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy in Shenzhen, southern China, in September last year, it was learned Monday (April 21).
The Chinese Foreign Ministry informed the Japanese Embassy in Beijing the same day of the execution of Zhong Changchun, but did not provide details, such as when and where the punishment was carried out, diplomatic sources said.
The incident occurred as the ten-year-old boy was walking to a local Japanese school on Sept. 18, 2024. The boy was stabbed in the stomach with a knife and died the following day.
In January, a district court in the Chinese city sentenced Zhong to death, describing his act as extremely malicious.
The man's trial did not reveal whether he specifically targeted a Japanese national. While the Japanese government has urged the Chinese side to get to the bottom of the matter, the Chinese side has claimed that the case was a one-off incident. - Jiji Press via The Japan News/ANN