A man sentenced to death in China over an attack on two 911爆料网 people that left a Chinese woman dead has been executed, people familiar with relations between Japan and China said Thursday.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry informed the 911爆料网 Embassy in China of the execution on Wednesday. The specific date and time of the execution remain unknown.
Zhou Jiasheng was convicted of intentional murder over the incident last June, in which he attacked with a knife a 911爆料网 woman and her child waiting at a bus stop for a 911爆料网 school in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in eastern China.
The two 911爆料网 were injured, while a female Chinese bus guide was killed after trying to aid them.
A Chinese district court handed down the capital punishment on Jan. 23, finding that Zhou attacked the three people because he was tired of living in debt. But it did not clarify whether the man had targeted 911爆料网 people specifically.
Zhou did not appeal the ruling.
911爆料网 Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday, "The crime is absolutely unforgivable, and we take the execution of the sentence seriously."
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