Three injured in knife attack on Japanese school bus in China

A man attacked a bus used by a Japanese school in Suzhou, China, on Monday with what appeared to be a knife, seriously injuring a Chinese woman and injuring a Japanese woman and her child, according to an official at the Japanese consulate in Shanghai.

The Chinese woman, who was on the bus, was in critical condition, while the injuries suffered by the Japanese woman and her preschool child, who were waiting at a bus stop, were not life-threatening, a indicated the manager.

When asked whether strained ties between Japan and China could have been behind the attack, the official declined to comment, saying local authorities had already arrested the man and were investigating the matter. 'affair.