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Crime › 30 charged with making online threats

Thirty people have been charged so far with making online threats warning of atrocious crimes since the fatal stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district on… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Tue, Jul 01 2008

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09 Jun 08 visit 秋葉原無差別殺傷事件 type2  »  YouTube videoA 25-year-old man went on a stabbing spree in Tokyo's Akihabara district, Sunday afternoon, killing five people and injuring 12 others, police said.
07 Jul 08 visit Crime › 2 Akihabara rampage victims still hospitalized  »  Japan Today Two people wounded in a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district June 8 remain in hospital and five others have already left hospitals, police said…
06 Oct 08 visit Crime › Akihabara rampage suspect to be tried after being certified competent  »  Japan Today Prosecutors have determined that a 26-year-old man arrested for the stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district in June is mentally competent and that they can…
10 Oct 08 visit Crime › Suspect in June 8 Akihabara rampage indicted after being certified as sane  »  Japan Today Prosecutors slapped murder and attempted murder charges Friday on the suspect in June's truck-hitting and stabbing spree in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district that killed seven…
05 Jul 08 visit Crime › Psychiatric tests on Akihabara stabbing suspect to start Tuesday  »  Japan Today Prosecutors have decided to start a pre-indictment psychiatric evaluation Tuesday of a 25-year-old male alleged to have gone on a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara…
17 Jun 08 visit National › Akihabara residents, visitors at a loss after stabbing rampage  »  Japan Today Residents of Tokyo's Akihabara, the world's leading electronics district, and frequent visitors to it are bewildered and confused in the aftermath of the June 8…

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