Schoolboy held for threatening to hijack bus on Twitter

Welcome to the world of social networking, what a moroon.

Its a copycat crime...no originality. Its been done before son, now let's move on.

still in jail?

Bless these silly kids thinking they are cool posting crap like this online. Well that is till the police come knocking on your parents door to arrest you. Now bow at a 45degree angle boy

May I add ... Now bow at a 45degree angle boy, and say sorry to a bus while the media look on.

"Only our months to track down his IP and user account after making a threat on-line, but participate in P2P file sharing and you'll be getting a summons from the court in a couple of days."

Not true, I do a lot of P2P file sharing, but I haven't been summoned yet... but why summon me for sharing my own files with fellow co-workers, I have no clue.

"There are no buses on Twitter! What a stupid kid!"

I think the Magic School Bus is on there, but who'd want to hijack that thing?

As for this situation, give him a couple of whacks and let the kid go, I think he feels more shame knowing that everyone now knows what he did and how childish it was to do it.

Is he less stressed out now?

What a tweet!

Its interesting the way his threat to hijack a bus seems to be more significant than his threat to kill everyone on board.

Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 15-year-old boy after he allegedly tweeted about his intention to hijack a bus and kill passengers.

You can not arrest a minor in Japan. You can only detain him for 1 day.

What a twit!!!

You can not arrest a minor in Japan. You can only detain him for 1 day.

Yes they can. They are arrested and held in juvenile jail. If convicted can and do get sent to juvenile prison as well.

Playing to much GTA

Its interesting the way his threat to hijack a bus seems to be more significant than his threat to kill everyone on board.

Of course! How can he kill everyone on board if he hasn't taken over the bus in the first place?

The kid seems to be wanting some attention. Now he has it, is he happy now?

How can he kill everyone on board if he hasn't taken over the bus in the first place?

Sarin gas. Explosives. Fire. Sabotage. Or not even actually hijack the bus, but just jump on board and start stabbing?

Oct 31 last year and they are arresting him now?

Could one get arrested for retweeting that?

15 years old and already stressed out....how is this kid going to cope with REAL life

watching the movie, " Speed " to much !!!!!

During police questioning, the boy was quoted as saying that he was feeling stressed at school, and he wanted to see if he could get a reaction by tweeting something shocking.

Challenge Accepted. Does "being arrested" meet the kid's definition of "a reaction"? They really should find a way to make an example of the kid without throwing him in with real criminals, then publicize the punishment. It might make other kids think twice before trying to act "thug".