A male student at a Japanese school in Shenzhen in China’s Guangdong Province was attacked by a man Wednesday morning and taken to hospital, the Japanese government said.
The man was detained for questioning by local authorities, according to Japanese government spokesman Hiroshi Moriya. The primary school student was on his way to school when he was attacked, a Japanese government source said.
The Japanese consulate general in the province has asked the authorities to share details and dispatched its own staff to the area to gather information and provide necessary assistance, Moriya told a press conference.
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