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Japanese Boy Dies after Being Attacked in China

Japanese Boy Dies after Being Attacked in China

   Shenzhen, China, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)--A student at a Japanese school in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, southern China, died in the early hours of Thursday after being attacked near the school by a man on Wednesday morning, Japanese Consul-General in Guangzhou Yoshiko Kijima said.
   The 10-year-old boy had been receiving treatment at a local hospital.
   Speaking to reporters on Thursday morning, Kijima said that she was "very saddened" by the boy's death.
   "I'm at a loss for words, especially when I think about what his family must be going through," the consul-general said.
   She said that the boy was stabbed in his stomach, but refrained from going into further details.

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