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A 10-year-old child is in hospital after being attacked by a man with a knife on the way to a Japanese primary school in Shenzhen, southern China on Wednesday morning.
Japan’s embassy in Beijing issued an alert about the incident and called on Japanese nationals to pay attention to surroundings, including approaches by “suspicious persons”.
A 44-year-old man surnamed Zhong was taken into custody at the scene, according to a statement issued by local police on Wednesday afternoon. The man is accused of injuring a minor with a knife in Shenzhen’s Nanshan district soon after 8am.
The police statement did not specify the child’s nationality or gender but did reveal that the surname is Chinese. Japanese news agency Kyodo earlier reported that the victim was an elementary school boy.
In their statement, the police said the investigation into the case and medical treatment for the child’s injuries are ongoing.
A spokesperson with Japan’s embassy in Beijing confirmed that the boy was attacked and is receiving treatment in hospital. No details were released of the victim’s identity, or how seriously he was injured.
The spokesperson added that the embassy is verifying the victim’s nationality.
The Chinese foreign ministry said the attack had taken place about 200 metres (650ft) from the child’s school.
“China will continue to take effective measures to earnestly protect the safety of all foreign nationals in China,” Lin Jian, a spokesman for the ministry, said. “China’s attitude is clear that it has always welcomed people from all countries, including Japan, to travel, do business, study, and live in China.”
The incident occurred on the anniversary of the 918 Incident – also known as the Manchurian Incident – which many Chinese regard as the start of Japan’s invasion of China in 1931 and a day of national humiliation.
“From the perspective of protecting Japanese nationals, we have made requests to local authorities for measures to prevent a recurrence and to share detailed information,” government spokesman Hiroshi Moriya said at a press conference in Tokyo.
The Japanese consulate-general in Guangdong province has sent its own staff to the scene of the incident to gather information and provide necessary help, he said.
September also includes commemorations for the normalisation of diplomatic relations between China and Japan. However, anti-Japanese sentiment occasionally surfaces.
In June, a Japanese mother and her small child were injured when a man armed with a knife attacked them as they waited at a bus stop in Suzhou, eastern China to catch a bus used by a Japanese school.
Hu Youping, the Chinese female bus attendant, was killed trying to stop the attacker from boarding the vehicle. Her death sparked a national outpouring of grief, but also triggered a wave of anti-Japanese sentiment on Chinese social media.


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Local police detain 44-year-old man accused of attacking the primary student who is being treated in hospital for injuries


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