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Kuroko's Basketball Threat Suspect Caught on Camera Last Year
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
Investigators in the dose of hydrogen sulfide was left on campus in the university's gymnasium. The suspect's face was hidden but police described him as a thin male dressed in all black and carrying a container. Several students also witnessed someone of the same description. Police identified a similar figure near another location involved in the case.
The first investigation division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is searching for the man.
A few days before the October 12, 2012 incident, a police officer at the Yotsuya Japan Railway station near Sophia University questioned a man with a similar description dressed in all black. Later, someone claiming to be the criminal posted a message online that said, "When I put the container in a coin-operated locker at Yotsuya Station, I was questioned by police." Tokyo Metropolitan Police therefore strongly suspects that the man questioned at that time is the suspect.
Background
Since October 2012, locations linked to Kuroko's Basketball creator initiated heightened security procedures after another round of threat letters were sent last month.
Several Kuroko's Basketball dōjinshi events throughout Japan were barred Kuroko's Basketball items and circles last December.
In February, the organizers of the Comic City dōjinshi events barred circles from selling Kuroko's Basketball items at March 17's Haru Comic City 18 event, after they received a request to do so from the management of the insisted on allowing Kuroko's Basketball circles. Comic City Tokyo 131 proceeded without incident on January 27.
The convenience store chains removed the "Voi-Colle Kuroko's Basketball Wafers 2" cookies, and Family Mart stopped selling the "Ichiban Kuji Kuroko no Basuke ~Seirin & Kaijō~" lottery merchandise line. The Circle K Sunkus store chain is also considering suspending sales of the merchandise.
Major rental chain plan to continue carrying the manga despite receiving threat letters.
Television station noted that about 250 threat letters were mailed to various stores and news organizations in October 2013 alone, with at least one letter containing lighter fluid. The sender has been going by the name of "the Mysterious Person with 801 Faces." According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, the majority of the letters mailed last month were mailed from Saitama Prefecture on October 12.
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Source: Yahoo! Japan via Jiji.com
