Chinese City Plans to Honor Woman Who Died Trying to Stop Stabbing of Japanese Mother

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What’s new: The eastern city of Suzhou plans to honor a woman who was killed trying to stop a stabbing this week that injured a Japanese mother and her child.

Hu Youping, 54, will be given the title of “righteous and courageous role model” for her actions, according to a notice issued by Suzhou Public Security Bureau on Thursday.

Hu stepped in when a knife-wielding man attacked the victim and her son while they were waiting for a school bus Monday afternoon in the city.

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Hu Youping, a 54-year-old woman, will be honored as a "righteous and courageous role model" for attempting to stop a stabbing in Suzhou that injured a Japanese mother and her child.
Hu was fatally stabbed while preventing further harm; the Japanese embassy paid tribute to her act of bravery.
The attacker, a 52-year-old unemployed man named Zhou, was detained, and police confirmed the incident as isolated.

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