Man arrested for posting threat to kill schoolchildren on Internet
TOKYO —
Police on Tuesday arrested a man who lives in Akita Prefecture for posting a message on online discussion board “2ch,” in which he said he intended to kill primary schoolchildren in Tokyo
Yoshihito Fujita, 42, was arrested for allegedly posting a threatening message on the online discussion board through a demonstration handset at a mobile phone shop near his house around 3 p.m. on April 11. He said he was going to kill children at a school in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
According to police, Fujita said in the message that if a celebrity he likes didn’t hold a press conference, he would kill the children. Fujita has denied the allegation, police said.
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smartacus
I haven't heard one good thing said about 2ch. It seems to attract psychos.
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WhatJapanThinks
That's a good trick, using these non-functional devices to connect to the internet! Presumably they meant a demonstration model, although all the shops I've been in have had the SIM card removed or been otherwise disabled.
Moderator: The story has been corrected.
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Altria
How were they supposed to know which celebrities he liked?!
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