Eleven-year-old victim described as thoughtful pupil, while foreign ministry pays tribute to 39-year-old official who also died

The head of a school in Japan whose pupils were targeted in a deadly mass stabbing on Tuesday has said he is “heartbroken” by the attack, which left two people dead and 17 others injured.

Most of those injured were pupils at Caritas Gakuen primary school in Kawasaki, near Tokyo.