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4 to face charges over prank video of fake stabbing

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Police have sent papers to prosecutors on four men and women in their 20s for posting a prank video on Twitter which purported to show someone being stabbed.

According to police, the video was posted at around 10 p.m. on March 15, Sankei Shimbun reported. The video, which has since been deleted, shows a person falling to the ground with text saying he has been stabbed by a knife in a park in Machida City. It asked anyone who saw the post to share it online because the “perpetrator” was still at large.

Police were contacted by someone who saw the tweet, but could find no evidence of anyone being stabbed at the park or anywhere else that night.

Police tracked the pranksters through the Twitter account of one of them. The four suspects, who are all company employees, have been charged with violation of the Minor Offenses Act. They have admitted to the charge and told police they staged the incident on a rooftop for fun and to “see their post go viral on the internet,” but added that they did not think it was a crime.

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this is the kind of "prank" you should be investigating

give the shibuya sleeper a pass

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Maybe in 9th grade but company employees?

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These guys and the people with the bed in Shibuya should all collaborate.

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This is still 'inducing panic' and it's making the police do extra work chasing crimes that didn't happen. Some actor in the US staged a 'hate crime' recently and it's stupid 'pranks' like this that causes problems for everyone in law enforcement. These 'adult' juveniles never grew up but they should get their chance to - in the can!

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Saw this. Total fake. Didn't look real at all.

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