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.

A Chinese woman who tried to stop the attack was killed and a Japanese mother and child were wounded in the eastern city of Suzhou last year.

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.