A Chinese man who injured a Japanese mother and her child and killed a Chinese bus attendant trying to protect them in a knife attack near Shanghai last June has been sentenced to death.

Chinese man who injured a Japanese mother and her child and killed a Chinese bus attendant while trying to protect them in a knife attack near Shanghai last June has been sentenced to death. Zhou Jiasheng carried out the attack due to his financial debts and his desire to end his own life.

A Chinese court deemed the death penalty as appropriate in view of the 'extremely heinous' nature of the crime, which resulted in the death of a bus attendant.