Another Akiba Knife Incident
News just in. A man was arrested today for possessing a knife in Akihabara. As he was about to be put in the police car, he tried to escape by grabbing his knife back and cut the hand of one of the officers. His escape attempt was futile.
He was arrested not far from the slaughter spot two weeks ago. The man is currently in custody and remaining silent.
Via 47 News.
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Working in a supermarket T0T
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What has gotten into people as of lately :S...
If you want to stab someone there is always seppuku or something but why harm others?
simple,cos they got a warped mind.people who look like your average typical normal people who seems like they do not have a problem,but underneath they do.they keep on thinking about it to the point of obession and with no where to vent it out.When they see something that is weak or smaller than them they will unleash it all on whoever is unfortunate enough to cross their path to satisfy this undying thirst of obession.what's worse is they don't care who it is or what,so long as either you look weak or small they can be anyone..even you.
Student
wow.... akihabara is getting bad these days...
now, now
is he brought knife on purpose for another mess?
or he just roaming around after buying a kitchen knife or such in akiba?
this dude should've not been panic tho, its meaningless arrest if he did innocent
he can even sue the police for unreasonable arrest
CEO MIrai Inc
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I dont think he can sue the police after assaulting one with a knife...
Working in a supermarket T0T
http://dutchotaku.blogspot.com
I couldnt help but seriously lol at that :P.
full time student, 60% of the time.
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In America maybe :)
Prologue: I have a time machine.
It's almost sad that the criminals have more rights the the peace officers. What part of "breaking the law" does the American justice system seem to not get?
*leaves the US for good*
Your local Otaku Cashier.
Better than everyone getting a guilty verdict regardless of how innocent they are.
Software Quality Engineer
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Heheh! I can't help but chuckle at how you guys are totally destroying the typical stereotypes about people from Cali and people from Texas! That's awesome! If the two of you swapped responses, close-minded Americans might think, "that's exactly what I expect you to say!" (well, except for the "leaves US for good" part-- that's not stereotpical a Texan response)
Anyways-- me too! I will one day soon leave the U.S. and come back only to visit. None of this news is going to stop me from hanging out in Akiba!
Critic of sorts
If he didn't attack afterwards, he could sue.
But since he did attack, he will be sent to jail.
So close, but one mistake...
student
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I believe that he cannot sue the police unless they had damaged something of his during the arrest or injured him in some way.
The police are simply doing their job, of course you would unarm him first and question him, why is he walking around with a knife.
Wasn't there recently a knife ban anyway??
Network Admin
Obviously he is guilty if he is trying to run away.
Software Quality Engineer
http://brotherwormgear.blogspot.com/
Exactly! That's dead give-away, and always sets the police into arrest-mode.
Engineering Student
http://wakuwakusuru.zeroclipse.net
This seems very disturbing.. with knives and all.
流浪人
My guess is that all the coverage is bringing out copy-cats who want to try, as well. The increased police presence only offers them a more enticing challenge--"How far can I get before they stop me?" They know if they succeed, they'll be on all the TV news programs and specials around the world, too.
student
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I doubt they're killing just to be on TV etc... They're doing it for the thrill.
I just hope that man wasn't planning to do something like what happened 2 weeks ago.
流浪人
I honestly think it may be for the attention. Otherwise, why Akihabara, near the scene of the previous killings? A thrill kill could be done anywhere, in any crowd. That particular spot, however, is now well-known. What better way to get your name out?
Regardless, I'm glad nothing serious happened.
Daytime - Financial Assistant / Nighttime - Golden Otaku + Hardcore Gamer
Yeah, i agreed with you. Physchologist has claimed that these kind of people want to get attention from the public. But hurting someone else is not the right way!
By the way, why some of the otaku have became so sick recently?
Student/Freelance Programmer
Bleh~ Some people don't know how to remain calm, cool and collective. If he had genuine reason to be carrying a knife then there was nothing to worry about, however, if the situation was arrest worthy then he was just making it worse for himself by attacking the officer.
Lasersword operator
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what the hell is going on....? ? :(
software manager
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i'm getting a bad feeling that it's gonna get worse before it gets better -_-
Hikikomori in the making
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I wonder if that man really wanted to hurt people or just panicked...
流浪人
I'm glad it didn't go any further...
IN your site, always watching near ya
maybe some evil spirit possessed the man like the previous one incident ,someone call omnyoji purified that place
If something like that will be easier to deal with but we talking about sick person ,there no any cure for idiot that trying to make a fame of himself by hurt other people ;(
already left the world
What? Again?
oh my,~ Those kinds of people seriously need counseling~
Student and full-time otaku
Now it's starting to get scary. What's gotten into everyone; life can't have become that much worse that quickly?
Software Quality Engineer
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SERIOUSLY! Danny's childhood was MUCH worse than Kato's. At least Kato lived with his own parents in his own home, yet his family life growing up is what he cited as his reasons for mass-murder.
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Why are there so many knife incidents now in Akiba? Man..scary...
大学生
eh.. What's the current law on knives / weapons in Japan? Are you not allowed to carry any forms of knives including mini Swiss army knives with you when you're out? Enlighten me someone.
Maybe the guy just panicked and didn't want a police record.
Student of LIFE!
thats all within a small time span right? Man whats happening
student during the day, otaku at night
I guess the guy just freaked out after being arrested. I hope there won't be any copy-cats. (no Laughing man effect in real life)
College Student
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Same here.
But if things would became worse, I suggest they would join Mr. Itoshiki's newly formed Despair Club for those morons who are in despair just like Mr. Katō.
Student
If he just panicked I dont think he would have gone for the knife he had with him when he tried to escape. If he was innocent he most likely would have just tried to run away.
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there are some people who panic in the presence of police for no reason, maybe he was just one of those
Mechanical Engineering student
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If only he didn't fought back, he might have been let go -_-
3D artist- Codemasters KL
I swear,if these events causes the 3rd season of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" to be cancelled, I'll be off to Akihabara to stab a few of these bastards. Yeah.
>_<
Admin
He's obviously guilty from the start. If he's truly innocent, he would have cooperated with the police to clear his name. Only a guilty person afraid of the police uncovering dirt on him would attempt to escape, resist arrest or, even worse, attack the police.
The Japanese police isn't some third-world garbage armed thugs, where corruption is rampant and confessions are extracted through beatings and torture.
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Is it now just crimt to carry around knife in Japan? Even so, I don't know why they would carry around such a thing in Akihabara after what happened two weeks ago, it seems like a bad idea from the start.
Part-time Dreamer
I wonder why these incidents happen frequently these days...
Student
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Does this really make anyone feel safer? If anything it's just showing that there ARE people carrying knives around. I'm sure that if they put this type of law enforcement/searching ANYWHERE in Tokyo they would find people carrying knives. A gang member or something with a knife isn't necessarily going to just start stabbing random people, but he'll still carry the knife. I doubt this guy put the knife in his pocket and specifically went to Akiba...
Doesn't seem to me like increased finding of knives = increased carrying/usage of knives. I mean, I know that there have been more stabbings as of late, but that doesn't mean that anyone with a knife = senseless killer. Shrug...
Polytechnic Junior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer In-training.
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What's up with the number of copycats increasing exponentially these days?
An Arctic Fox
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More focus on the media before it dies out and goes onto another incident? But still it is pretty annoying at how many "violent" people go around with knives while others just go around to protect themselves. You sure find out a lot though when the media does focus a lot on similar events 0_o.
おたくと大学生。
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this is not the kind of news akiba needs right now. or ever that is. i am sure that the media will find a way to milk this one...
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I hope this was nothing!!!!
オタク all day long
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That's so sad, why ppl are doing this? =(
-1
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Perhaps Japan has reached some sort of societal nervous breakdown and a lot of people are snapping and going crazy or there must be some sort of ghost-in-the-shell-like conspiracy going on. Either way, a lot of crazies are crawling out of the woodwork.
is Héctor in front of the camera ? The guy with the black-orange messenger bag.
IT, Programmer, Otaku, ...
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*sigh*
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
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Problem with this is that the word "knife" and "akiba" immediately makes people remember of the tragic incident... but the truth is, the guy must've panicked and assaulted the officer with a knife.
It's still bad, but nothing close to the other case. Happens a lot... people reacting badly towards police officers.
But no questions... the guy goes to enjoy some time in jail. Even more because he pulled a knife.
MS pilot
another knife story...
surprise surprise...
i'm starting to get tired hearing about these knife stories in akiba
hobo
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alot of stabbers are coming out, why dont they stay in home with a huge chunk of meat and stab the heck out of that ? its like a human body :) and bleeds if its fresh. pls you can stab till you pass out from exhaustion without going to prison.
game artist
whats going on in this crazy world...
NEET
people are just going to stop going to Akiba at this rate