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A man from Zama in Kanagawa Prefecture has been arrested for posting messages online threatening to cause an explosion in a tunnel on the Odakyu line in Machida. Police said Saturday that the man has been charged with conspiring to obstruct business.
The man has been identified as Hideki Kojima, 38, a local government employee. According to a report on NHK, Kojima posted a message to an online message board on Sept 18 at around 2 a.m. that said: "Prepare yourself because I'm about set off an explosion in the tunnel near Tamagawagakuen-mae Station."
A member of the public emailed police to warn them of the threat. Police said efforts were then made to coordinate with Odakyu Line officials to strengthen security around the station, NHK reported.
Kojima was quoted by police as saying he had been drinking and as he made his way home, the trains were late, so he got angry and uploaded the message.
© Japan Today
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CrazyJoe
Any posting on the internet can be traced. That includes me writing this comment and you too.
Utrack
Sounds like he was just venting frustration. But the police have to take those types of things seriously until they find out what's going on and the citizen who saw the post and warned the police must have been freaked out by it too.
ExportExpert
Dick Head !
nath
Wow, close to my home.
Hey Joe, even with a VPN?
Tamesu San
uhh oh chongo...they starting that type of 1995 jn pubic transpo terrorist type shyt again.....
Tamesu San
and even a a "local JN government employee" at that.......
CrazyJoe
A VPN can be traced I believe. A JAP (Java Anon Proxy ) may be more difficult to trace.
Elbuda Mexicano
Just another idiot!
Tom DeMicke
Funny how they can find out who sent that message but still no one knows where all the spam mail comes from. Sending spam is as illegal as sending an e-mail/posting a message threatening a terrorist attack but no one can trace spam mail down. Funny, huh?
warnerbro
Why not arrest him with terrorism? Or is that not against the law in Japan?
farhaan
Blame it on alcohol. After crime almost all say that they were drunk. So forbid alcohol like it is forbidden in Religion Of Peace and reduce the crime.
WilliB
Why is it that public service employees in Japan are so often in the news with bizarre behaviour like this? There is almost no day without a crazy story about policemen, teachers, ward office workers etc behaving insane.
Hide Suzuki
@Tom DeMicke It's easy to trace spam emails. The problem is that if a junk email is from Nigeria (the capital of internet scams), then what are you gonna do ?
nath
Most spam does not come from the spammer's computers but rather from your Window based computers after downloading bots.
iceshoecream
Punish him with the entire weight of laws and classify him as a terrorist. What adult in 2011 doesn't know how serious this is?
nandakandamanda
Tamesu san, what does "chongo" mean?
cactusJack
Ceiling Cat is always watching.
Cho88
I'm glad the police took this seriously. Keep it up.
uaintseeme
I'm glad it was just a threat and that he did not act on it. My daughter and her mother lives in Zama and pass through Tamagawagakuen-mae on a daily basis. Get help with your anger issues people.