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Man Arrested for Threatening Japan's Comike with Grenade (Updated)
posted on by Egan Loo
Police arrested a 20-year-old man from central Japan on Friday morning for allegedly threatening online to throw a grenade at the ongoing Comic Market (Comike) dōjinshi convention. Hiroyuki Kageyama, an unemployed man from Kakogawa City in Hyogo Prefecture, allegedly wrote on the 2channel web forum on July 16, "I'll toss a hand grenade at the Comike site." Kageyama was officially arrested for "interfering with the operations" of the Comike organizers.
The 74th Comic Market is being held from August 15 to August 17. Last summer, 550,000 people attended the event at the occurred on August 3 during the Wonder Festival model kit convention. On Friday, the Comic Market website posted another urgent notice to announce the arrest in the 2channel threat case.
Police Nana Mizuki and her fans at the Tokyo site of her July 5-6 concerts.
Source: Fukui Shimbun, ITmedia
Update: FNN posted a video news report.
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