Tokyo — Takeshita — 'TERROR'!

[Taro Toporific]

"TERROR":
Car rams into pedestrians in Tokyo, injuring 8
NHK News | 2019-Jan-01
A car plowed into pedestrians on a crowded street in Tokyo on New Year's Day. Police say eight people were injured and rushed to hospital. One is reportedly in a coma.
The incident occurred on Tuesday, about 10 minutes past midnight, on Takeshita Street in Shibuya Ward.
The shopping street was closed to vehicular traffic at the time. It was bustling with people heading to a nearby shrine to pray for good luck in 2019.
The car traveled about 130 meters on the street in the wrong direction, before coming to a halt.
The suspected driver of the vehicle fled the scene. But police detained him roughly 20 minutes later.
He is reported to be in his 20s. Investigators quote the man as effectively saying he carried out a terrorist attack.
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The driver apparently made a comment to the police claiming that it was in revenge for the execution of members of Aum Shinrikyo from earlier in the year (2018).

Van ploughs into Tokyo pedestrians headed for New Year's prayers
BBC News | 2019-Jan-01
...The man driving the car fled the scene but was later arrested by police for attempted murder. The 21-year-old was identified as Kazuhiro Kusakabe.
Police told broadcaster NHK that he initially told then he had conducted a terrorist act, but then later claimed it was related to executions. It was not clear if he was referring to a specific execution or capital punishment in general.
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[matsuki]

Terror fail? Talk about bringing a nerf gun to a shooting gallery...

[Grumpy Gramps]

Trying to kill a bunch of innocent people in order to protest against the death penalty. Very thoughtful, very Japanese

[matsuki]

Trying to kill a bunch of innocent people in order to protest against the death penalty. Very thoughtful, very Japanese

He was just carrying out the Japanese tradition of terrorism....

[Taro Toporific]

... just carrying out the Japanese tradition of terrorism....

But, butt, there's more!

Officer on duty for Harajuku car-ramming incident dies in apparent suicide
Tokyo Reporter | January 4, 2019
A 36-year-old officer found shot at a police station in Shibuya Ward on Wednesday later died in what is being treated as a suicide... around 10:05 p.m. on Wednesday, Kazuo Nakano, an assistant inspector in the traffic division at the Harajuku Police Station, was found shot by a single bullet to the head in a basement storage room.
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New Year car attacker planned to ignite crowds at Meiji Shrine
The Japan Times | January 4, 2019
...n the rented minicar used in the attack, police found a 20-liter tank of kerosene and a high-pressure water sprayer with an ignition tool attached that the 21-year-old suspect, Kazuhiro Kusakabe, said he bought to carry out the plan.
“I was going to use the sprayer and kerosene to set fire to crowds at Meiji Shrine,” Kusakabe, identified by police as a resident of Osaka Prefecture, was quoted as saying, adding that he drove into the pedestrians after “things didn’t go well.”
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[Russell]

JFC, this guy is insane.

[jingai]

I'm glad he was too stupid to cause more harm. Too bad he had to show up as the mood on New Year's was so positive downtown.

[matsuki]

JFC, this guy is insane.

I mean he used a kei to mow down people...reasoning is obviously not in his skill set

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