Qualla: 2024 Shenzhen Stabbing https://qualla.com/2024-shenzhen-stabbing en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:18 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/1/0/2024-shenzhen-stabbing-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: 2024 Shenzhen Stabbing https://qualla.com/2024-shenzhen-stabbing 2024 Shenzhen Stabbing: Introduction https://qualla.com/2024-shenzhen-stabbing/ Photo credit biny86755, CC BY 2.0. A ten-year-old boy was walking to school in Shenzhen on the morning of 18 September 2024, accompanied by his mother. He was stabbed in the abdomen on a street 200 meters from the Shenzhen Japanese School. He died the next day from his injuries. His name, as reported by police, was Shen. He was ten years old.

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/1/0/2024-shenzhen-stabbing-wp/ws10-2024-shenzhen-stabbing-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full 2024 Shenzhen Stabbing: What Happened https://qualla.com/2024-shenzhen-stabbing/ Photo credit WhisperToMe, CC0. The attack occurred on a street near the Shenzhen Japanese School, which opened in 2008 to serve the children of Japanese families working in the city's technology sector. Shenzhen is home to many Japanese companies, and the school serves elementary and junior high students; pare...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/1/0/2024-shenzhen-stabbing-wp/ws10-2024-shenzhen-stabbing-what-happened.mp3 0:06 2 full 2024 Shenzhen Stabbing: The Grief That Followed https://qualla.com/2024-shenzhen-stabbing/ Photo credit WhisperToMe, CC0. The day after the attack, Shenzhen residents laid flowers at the school gate and paid their respects. People came quietly. The boy had spent his short life in a city that his community had been part of for years, in a neighborhood where Japanese and Chinese families had lived sid...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/1/0/2024-shenzhen-stabbing-wp/ws10-2024-shenzhen-stabbing-the-grief-that-followed.mp3 0:06 3 full 2024 Shenzhen Stabbing: The Response https://qualla.com/2024-shenzhen-stabbing/ Photo credit WhisperToMe, CC0. Japan's vice foreign minister summoned China's ambassador the same day. Japan's state minister for foreign affairs traveled to Beijing four days later. Japanese schools across China — in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Hong Kong — increased security, cancelled extracurricular activ...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/1/0/2024-shenzhen-stabbing-wp/ws10-2024-shenzhen-stabbing-the-response.mp3 0:06 4 full 2024 Shenzhen Stabbing: Justice and Its Limits https://qualla.com/2024-shenzhen-stabbing/ Photo credit WhisperToMe, CC0. On 24 January 2025, Zhong — who had turned 45 — was sentenced to death by a Shenzhen court, which described his act as extremely malicious. He was executed in April 2025. Chinese authorities informed the Japanese Embassy of the execution. The facts of the case are documented. A c...

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