Beijing: an “unknown attacker” attacked and injured a Japanese citizen accompanied by a baby within the Chinese metropolis of Suzhou, mentioned the Tokyo Embassy on Friday (August 1), asking Beijing to stop these accidents.
The accident comes a 12 months after a Japanese mom and little one have been injured in a knife assault in the identical metropolis. A Chinese lady had died attempting to cease the attacker.
In the assault on Thursday, “a Japanese nationwide workforce that walked with a baby was hit by what gave the impression to be a rock by an unknown attacker inside a Suzhou metro station, Jiangsu”, mentioned the Tokyo embassy in Beijing in an announcement.
A spokesman for the Chinese overseas ministry advised AFP that “the suspect was arrested”.
The sufferer was “introduced promptly to the hospital for care and there’s no menace to life,” mentioned the ministry.
China and Japan are key business companions, however a rise in friction for territorial rivalries and army expenditure has deleted hyperlinks lately.
The brutal occupation of Japan of components of China earlier than and through the Second World War stays a sore level, with Beijing accuses Tokyo of not having expressed for his previous.
In June final 12 months, a Japanese mom and little one have been connected to Suzhou on the anniversary of the 1931 “Mukden Incident”, identified in China as a day of nationwide humiliation.
