Shenzhen Court Hands Death Penalty to Man for Murder of Japanese Boy

A police car drives by the site of the fatal stabbing of a 10-year-old Japanese boy in Shenzhen, China, in September.
20:55 JST, January 24, 2025
SHENZHEN — A Chinese district court sentenced a man in his 40s to death for murder on Friday over the fatal stabbing of a 10-year-old Japanese boy last September in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, Japan’s Foreign Ministry has reported. The attack, which occurred while the boy was walking to a Japanese school, caused significant concern within the Japanese community.
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