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Cat’s head found on grounds of Saitama elementary school

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The severed head of a cat was found on the grounds of an elementary school in Saitama city on Friday. Police said the cat’s head was found at around 7 a.m. at the school in Minami Ward.

Police said the grisly discovery is the third in a week in the area. Kyodo News reported that between Feb 13 and Feb 16, the severed legs and the torso of cat were found in a park about one kilometer from the school.

Police said they are analyzing footage from surveillance cameras near the park and school to try and determine who the perpetrator is.

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gaijintravellerFeb. 18  06:35 pm JST

Normally the police do nothing in cases of animal cruelty. They may do something in this case because it is news.

At the very least, it's inducing panic and scaring children fershure. First it's a cat. Then what? I hope the cops find and put this psycho loony away and SOON!

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I hope they catch the perp before he graduates to killing children. This sort of thing has a troublesome history.

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Looks like we’ve got a budding serial killer on our hands.

This is textbook gateway behavior.

Let’s hope the cops find him before he gets up the nerve to graduate to humans.

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That some darkness right there. Some lunatic out there living in hell, before he even goes there!

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There is a special place in Hell for people who mutilate and kill dogs, cats and any of God's creatures!!

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I hope they catch soon the damn garbage that killed the poor cat..

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Ask the kids that go there or to the local Jr. High who they think might be crazy enough to do such a thing. They probably have an idea of who might be capable of such a thing.

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Stray cats kill the native birds in my house and local area, but putting heads in schools crosses the line.

Why do you allow stray cats into your house? Killing cats crosses the line, and it's not the same, the strays are hunting for food, this sick freak is doing it for kicks.

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This is exactly how the Kobe murders by the 14 year old Sakakibara began unfolding, as Meiyouwenti mentioned above. First dead cat parts were being found in the area and then later human body parts.

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To kill a beautiful animal just for the mindless killer and fun in killing in that person's make up is horror most horrific. Such a person is not human but diabolic and, with each killing, graduates to become a killer of humans.

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Rodney - Stray cats kill the native birds in my house and local area, but putting heads in schools crosses the line.

No. Simply killing cats crosses the line, regardless of whether or not you behead them or where you put the dismembered heads.

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bladi - Some people are so weak that they need to beat up on... cats.

Good - What kind of a cowardly, insecure jerk would do such a thing. Pathetic loser.

He's not "weak", and he's not a "jerk" or a "loser". He's a godamn psychopath.

NCIS Reruns - Need to catch him before he graduates to humans.

Exactly.

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Stray cats kill the native birds in my house and local area, but putting heads in schools crosses the line.

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It'll be some old codger in the neighborhood who is lashing out at the noise from school students as he tries to sleep off his One Cup Ozeki. Look for someone out at 5:00 a.m., or buying more sake from the convenie. And when they find him, lock him up for years.

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Normally the police do nothing in cases of animal cruelty. They may do something in this case because it is news.

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Anybody remember Kobe mutilation killing by the teenager named Sakakibara? There are eerie similarities.

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I hope whoever did this dies. Painfully.

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Need to catch him before he graduates to humans.

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Someone on a new career path…

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Were the body parts from the same cat?

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What kind of a cowardly, insecure jerk would do such a thing. Pathetic loser.

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What the…

..

( O_O )’

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Uh oh. This has precedent in Japan. Not a good one.

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Some people are so weak that they need to beat up on... cats. A sad state of affairs.

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Lock them up, 25 years non parole. Individuals who engage in animal cruelty have psychopathic traits, particularly in the area of callousness and complete lack of empathy. This freak is an absolute danger to society.

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