10-year-old student at Japanese school in China dies after being stabbed

A 10-year-old student at a Japanese school in China died Thursday after being stabbed on the way to school the day before, Japanese officials said.

TOKYO — A 10-year-old student at a Japanese school in China died Thursday after he was stabbed on the way to school the day before, Japanese officials said as they demanded that Beijing do more to protect Japanese nationals in the country.

“I consider this to be an extremely despicable crime and a serious and grave matter,” Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters.

Kishida said he would “refrain from making any prejudgments” about how the stabbing might affect relations between China and Japan, a U.S. ally with which Washington has been strengthening ties.

“Instead, I would like to strongly urge the Chinese side to provide all the facts pertaining to this case,” he said.

“I consider this to be an extremely despicable crime,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said.Philip Fong / Getty Images fileThe Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry said Thursday that Beijing was “deeply saddened and distressed by this tragic event.”

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