邦人男児刺殺で初公判　動機解明が焦点―中国・深セン

　【香港、北京時事】中国南部・広東省深セン市で昨年９月、日本人学校に登校中の男子児童＝当時（１０）＝が刃物で刺され死亡した事件で、起訴された男の初公判が２４日、同市中級人民法院（地裁）で開かれた。日本人を狙ったかなど、犯行の動機がどこまで明らかにされるかが焦点だ。
　同日午前に始まった公判は午後も続開。在広州日本総領事館の貴島善子総領事が傍聴した。
　男児は昨年９月１８日朝、保護者と一緒に徒歩で登校中、４０代の男に刃物で腹部を刺され、翌１９日未明に死亡した。男は現場で身柄を拘束された。地元紙によると、定職に就いておらず、過去に騒ぎを起こして当局に拘束されたことがある。
　中国側は事件後、犯行動機などを明らかにせず、「偶発的な個別事案」と主張した。石破茂首相は昨年１１月、訪問先のペルー・リマで中国の習近平国家主席と会談した際、この事件に言及し、在留邦人の安全確保を要請。習氏は「法に基づき事件を処理する」と応じ、「日本人を含む全ての外国人の安全を確保する」と語った。（2025/01/24-16:02）

A Chinese regional court held the first hearing Friday for a man indicted for stabbing to death a 10-year-old Japanese boy in Shenzhen last September.
   As Chinese authorities have claimed that the killing was an isolated incident that happened by chance and declined to clarify details, the focus will be how far the motive for the crime, such as whether the man specifically targeted Japanese people, will be revealed by the court in the city in the southern province of Guangzhou.
   Yoshiko Kijima, Japanese consul-general in Guangzhou, was among the spectators at the hearing.
   The boy was stabbed in the abdomen while walking to school on the morning of Sept. 18 last year, and died in the small hours of the following day. The suspect in his 40s was taken into custody at the scene. According to a local newspaper, he did not have a regular job and had been detained by authorities in the past after causing trouble.
   Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba brought up the incident at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Lima last November and asked him to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens in China. In response, Xi vowed to deal with the case based on the law and secure the safety of all foreigners, including Japanese nationals.