19-yr-old man held for threatening stabbing spree at Tokyo Disneyland

Tuesday 24th June, 06:56 AM JST

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williamsmith at 08:53 AM JST - 24th June

I think someone who really wants to go on a murderous rampage wouldn't post anything online too far in advance.
hoserfella at 09:09 AM JST - 24th June

but on the bright side I have a new excuse not to go when the girlfriend hassles me next time..
johnshiomi at 09:16 AM JST - 24th June

glad he was arrested. who knows how many people he could have stabbed.
timorborder at 09:17 AM JST - 24th June

This is getting boring!!!! As I said in an earlier thread, the police should look to crush clowns like this. Where is a judge with a sense of humor, pass the death penalty on one of these idiots and others might take notice.
DeepAir65 at 09:23 AM JST - 24th June

he knows the law can hardly touch him as he is a "minor"
buggerlugs at 09:24 AM JST - 24th June

I bet Kato had "No evidence" of planning a crime, right upto before he bought his knife and rent-a-truck...
MeanRingo at 09:32 AM JST - 24th June

So Played!!!
HonestDictator at 09:43 AM JST - 24th June

Ok, now they just want attention. Another sick way of crying for help, but unfortunately Japan has no proper effective way to assist the citizens in their society with these kinds of social issues.
Altria at 09:47 AM JST - 24th June

He's taking the Mickey trying to pull a stunt like that.
meija at 10:10 AM JST - 24th June

You'd have to be goofy in the head to try something like that. What a dumbo.
WilliB at 12:03 PM JST - 24th June

Here we go. No excuse for the nutcase, but clearly a part of the blame is on the media who glorified Kato with their wall-to-wall coverage.
DenshaDeGO at 01:11 PM JST - 24th June

How about a good caining, Singapore-style?
Spider at 03:21 PM JST - 24th June

It's very fasionable in Japan at the moment to threaten a stabbing spree.
Reicheru at 04:21 PM JST - 24th June

To the people saying that this is just a false alarm: Would you rather have the police ignore such postings? Would you rather risk second-guessing the resolve of a person who is clearly disturbed enough to post such a disturbing threat in the first place?
bamboohat at 08:40 PM JST - 24th June

In case nobody has considered this, I'm pretty sure there were stabbing and killing sprees before the internet. All this "We're taking these messages seriously" is only sending one message: If your planning a massive killing, just don't brag about it beforehand.

These are all copycat posters, not copycat killers.