China school bus stop murderer executed: Japanese gov't

A Chinese man convicted of killing a Chinese woman and injuring two Japanese nationals in a knife attack at a school bus stop near Shanghai last year was executed, Japanese government officials said Thursday.The Chinese Foreign Ministry told the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday that the man had been executed, according to the officials.Zhou Jiasheng stabbed a Japanese mother and her child and killed Chinese bus attendant Hu Youping, who came to their assistance at the Japanese school bus stop in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, in June. A court in Suzhou sentenced Zhou to death in January.…READ FULL ARTICLE