Man in Akihabara hurts police
Yahoo Japan reports that a man in Akihabara just attacked a police officer with a knife at approximately 1:30 pm today and has been arrested. He was apparently being questioned by the police during one of their random checks.
Update: Sankei news is now reporting that the man was in possession of a small knife and police had confiscated it during the questioning, but the man tried to take it back, and caused the police officer to get minor injuries on his fingers.
The man was arrested for obstruction of justice.
Yahoo Japan just didn’t have all the details yet before posting that quick news bit. End of story.
June 25th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
After hearing how they hold people for hours because of a freakin Swiss Army knife…I’m not sure who to support anymore.
I’m sure this won’t help things though.
June 26th, 2008 at 1:42 am
Nobody like a police state, but resistance always draw it closer.
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June 26th, 2008 at 1:54 am
>@zepy, I can’t seem to find your site on google anymore, even with obvious keywords like momotato + zepy
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June 26th, 2008 at 2:23 am
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Google have indexised 1400 pages of yours, Strangly you also got an site rnaking of 4 wich make them prioritce your site quite a bit as well.
However doesn’t seem to show up high on lists, eg my site shows up in top 2-3 just searchign for “doujinshi” and I got a page ranking of 2 LOL.
June 26th, 2008 at 2:27 am
Another article:
http://www.47news.jp/CN/200806/CN2008062601000505.html
Apparently the blade was 7.5 cm, which if I remember correctly is longer than the legal limit.
June 26th, 2008 at 6:41 am
I was there today and was wondering what was up. Police were still there at 3:30 and people were taking pictures of the empty alley.
June 26th, 2008 at 6:48 am
The people are bored. Bring back gladiator combat.
June 26th, 2008 at 7:29 am
Even canned dogs fails to bring up results.
Conspiracy is afoot!
June 26th, 2008 at 8:50 am
What’s up with the Japanese and Swiss Army Knives, though? Self-defense? Bike-fixing? Or are people dumber than our dumb people? (The type who’d blast a gas station attendant from India because “he looked like a terrorist.)
June 26th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Remember colombine and the copycat attacks? If I were in charge of police id tell them to back off and return to procedures prior to first stabbing. I can see how Japan’s alienated youth can turn (marilyn)mansonesque, if you know what I mean. With no belief in god these people have no guidance.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Local news in Toronto had a thing mentioning that a man in the electronics district of Japan “slashed” a police officer. Wonderful.
June 28th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Yes, they need god’s guidance. Randomly stabbing people is so inefficient. With god’s guidance, they can be more organized and bomb entire subways with deadly nerve gas.