I’m just laughing at my desk here…
..as news of another knife attack (this time attempted) has made the top story here in Japan. Yup, the copycat people are out now, and we know how Japanese people like to follow the trends. Once again, Kyodo News with the story.
16-year-old boy arrested for barging into ex-girlfriend’s high school with knife in Kitakyushu
Tuesday 10th June, 10:35 AM JST
KITAKYUSHU - A 16-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday for trespassing in his ex-girlfriendfs high school and threatening staff with a knife in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Monday afternoon. Police said 20 officers were mobilized but nobody was injured.
According to police, the boy, who cannot be named because he is a minor, entered the high school, brandishing a knife around 4 p.m. He told staff that he wanted to see his ex-girlfriend who is a student at the school. The boy became agitated and started waving the knife, a teacher said. Staff called police who took the boy into custody.
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Get the boy named says I. Get him named & shamed and put away rather than concealing his identity as he’s a child and doesn’t know any better. Anyway, just thought I’d throw that one in. No doubt there will be a further attack in the net hour or 2. If not, i might have to get a fruit peeler from the kitchen area at work and go crazy!!! (For those of you lacking a sense of humour, that was a joke).
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I’ve noticed the police force in Japan sends out loads of staff for any one particular incident. 20 for a lone boy seems a lot. When I was in Osaka there was threat of a fire (not a real fire presumably cos they were opened for business again later on in the day) at a ramen-ya at Dotonburi and four huge fire engines turned up, plus 8 police officers who were there just to direct traffic, seemingly.
Well, they’ve got to give the police something to do. Ironic, with this incdent in Akihabara, a single brave officer took down a madman armed with 5 knives; a year ago 9 police officers around an apartment door let a man run free in his bare feet and escape from them.
Whoever said too many cooks spoil the broth?!