IBARAKI —

Police on Friday arrested a man for making a call to police, in which he announced he would kill eight people at a train station in Ibaraki Prefecture. Yohei Kondo, 27, called police on his cell phone from his home around 3:55 a.m. on Thursday, saying that he was going to kill eight people at a station in Tsuchiura City, the same city where a man went on a stabbing rampage at a train station, killing one and injuring seven, on March 23.

According to police, Kondo was arrested after police traced the signal of his phone. They said he was drunk when they arrived at his home. After he sobered up later in the day, he admitted having made the call, police said.

Authorities took no chances, however. Throughout the day, police said they deployed about 30 uniformed and undercover officers armed with guns and carrying walkie-talkies. They also posted alerts at three stations in the city. Police were heavily criticized for their lax security measures after the March 23 rampage at JR Arakawaoki station.

2 Comments

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  presidentbaka at 01:52 PM JST - 2nd May

  Well it's good to see they took this threat seriously for once! Although, J-cops working undercover may as well wear luminous vests with a big neon sign flashing 'COP' above their heads for all the good they do. They stand out a mile - here's a hint boys: wear something other than blue pants and black shoes! How come we never see female officers in these roles? Oh, I forgot, this is man run Japan.

  Anyway, I'm pretty sure this guy will be spending some time in police custody. What a loony tunes for making such a stoopid call!

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  KyouNoNippon at 04:10 PM JST - 2nd May

  presidentbaka, nice hint but maybe you are not seeing a lot of these guys AND girls working undercover because they are undercover

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