A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced a man to death over a knife attack near Shanghai last June that injured a Japanes

A Chinese man who injured a Japanese mother and her child and killed a Chinese bus attendant trying to protect them in a knife attack near Shanghai last June has been sentenced to death.

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A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for a knife attack near Shanghai which left a Chinese bus attendant dead and a Japanese mother and child injured. The attack in June highlighted tensions between China and Japan amid fears of rising anti-Japanese sentiment.

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Two separate courts in China have handed down death sentences to Chinese nationals convicted of brutal knife attacks on Japanese citizens. The incidents, which occurred in 2023, have drawn international attention and fueled concerns among Japanese expatriates in China.

A Chinese man who carried out a knife attack in eastern China last June that wounded a Japanese woman and her child and killed a bus attendant trying to protect them has been sentenced to death, according to a Japanese official.