China has reportedly executed a manconvicted of killing a Chinese woman and injuring two Japanese nationals in a knife attackat a school bus stop near Shanghai last year.

Zhou Jiasheng, a 52-year-old man, allegedly struggling with heavy debt and despair, targeted the Japanese mother and her son as they waited for the school bus near the Japanese School of Suzhou in Jiangsu province on 24 June 2024.

The mother and son sustained minor injuries, but the bus attendant, Hu Youping, 54, who stepped in to protect them, succumbed to her stabbing injuries a few days after the incident. Zhou, who said he went on a stabbing spree because he “didn’t want to live anymore”, was sentenced to death in January.