1 Year On, Suzhou Attack Leaves Scar on Japanese Community in China

   Suzhou, China, June 24 (Jiji Press)--An attack on a Japanese woman and her child in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, eastern China, a year ago has scarred the Japanese community in China.
   On June 24, 2024, the woman and child were waiting for a school bus for a Japanese school in the city when they were attacked by a knife-wielding man. The attack left the two Japanese nationals injured and a Chinese woman who was a guide on the bus dead.
   The man, Zhou Jiasheng, was sentenced to death for murder. In April this year, the Chinese Foreign Ministry informed the Japanese Embassy in China that he had been executed.
   The panic that had spread among Japanese nationals living in China shortly after the incident has dissipated. But many remain wary, as the attacker's trial did not shed light on his motives or other details, such as whether he targeted Japanese.
   In January this year, a Chinese district court found that the man killed or injured the three individuals because he was tired of living in debt. But the court, which sentenced him to death, failed to mention why Japanese nationals were attacked.

(2025/06/24-17:24)