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A court in the city of Suzhou said Zhou Jiasheng, 52, stabbed
the three because he was indebted and did not want to live any
longer, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters
in Tokyo on Thursday.
The case was one of two stabbing attacks on Japanese children in
China last year that raised concerns about increased
anti-Japanese sentiment in the country. Tokyo asked Beijing to
ensure the safety of its citizens in China.
Hayashi said the court ruling, which was not immediately
available, made no reference to Japan.
“We believe the crime that killed and injured the innocent
people including a child was absolutely unforgivable, and we
take the ruling seriously,” Hayashi said.
He said officials from the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai were
present at the court sentencing.
The stabbing occurred at a bus stop for a Japanese school in
Suzhou on June 24. A female bus attendant, Hu Youping, who tried
to stop the attack died of stab wounds days later. The Japanese
mother and child were not seriously injured.
In September, a 10-year-old Japanese student died after being
stabbed near his school in the southern city of Shenzhen.
Other stabbing attacks involving foreigners last year were
isolated incidents, the Chinese government said.
In June, a Chinese man stabbed four U.S. university instructors
at a public park in Jilin in the northeast as well as a Chinese
person who tried to intervene.
In May, a knife attack at a hospital in southwestern China
killed two people and injured 21 others.
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