A Japanese senior vice foreign minister is set to visit Beijing from Sunday to address the recent fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, Japan’s government said.
Yoshifumi Tsuge. (Kyodo)
During his three-day trip, Yoshifumi Tsuge will meet Chinese government officials over the incident that occurred near a Japanese school in Shenzhen on Wednesday, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Tsuge will also likely urge Beijing to make further efforts to ensure the safety of Japanese nationals living in China.
The 10-year-old boy, whose father is Japanese and mother is Chinese, died early Thursday morning after he was stabbed in the abdomen on his way to school. The male suspect was apprehended by police stationed near the educational facility.
Police described the knife attack as an isolated incident, and said the perpetrator was acting alone, according to local media reports.
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