A Chinese man in Suzhou has been sentenced to death for a knife attack that wounded a Japanese woman and her child and killed a bus attendant. The 52-year-old unemployed man, surnamed Zhou, carried out the attack due to financial troubles and a loss of interest in life. The court ruling was attended by Japan's Consul General to Shanghai.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed the government's serious concern over the incident, emphasizing the unforgivable nature of the crime. The Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that the case would be handled according to the law.
