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The Neomugicha incident (ネオむぎ
Incident
editAn hour after posting a cryptic threat in a 2channel thread under the name "Neomugicha" (ネオむぎ
The hijacking was reported by 2:47 p.m. by a 40 year old female passenger after she was able to escape from the bus.[2]
The Special Assault Team's Osaka and Fukuoka teams stormed the hijacked bus and captured the teenager alive.[4][5][a] The teenager was arrested under the Firearm and Sword Control Law and the Law for the Punishment of Extortion Involving Hostage-Taking.[6] Due to the self-defense requirements as stipulated in the Law Concerning Execution of Duties of Police Officials, it took more than 15 hours for the hostage crisis to end.[7]
The incident was resolved on May 4 at 5:03 a.m.[2]
Aftermath
editIn 2006, the suspect was officially released from a medical reformatory facility.[8] This action led to calls to reform the Juvenile Act, which had been law since 1948.[8]
The Hiroshima Prefectural Police established the Hostage Rescue Team in the Hiroshima Prefectural Police's Criminal Investigation Department as part of lessons learned from the incident.[9]
Copycat crimes
editA poster named "Neoūroncha" (ネオ
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ In foreign news, the SAT was credited as anti-riot officers.
References
edit- ^ "
西鉄 バスジャック事件 今 も被害 者 に補償 という「17歳 少年 」両親 の十字架 ". - ^ a b c "Chronology of bus hijacking". 5 May 2000. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10.
- ^ a b Katayama, Lisa (2007-04-19). "2-Channel Gives Japan's Famously Quiet People a Mighty Voice". Wired. Archived from the original on 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ Itō 2004, pp. 193–203.
- ^ "Riot police end hijack drama". BBC. 2000-05-03. Archived from the original on 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ^ "Police search the home of boy in bus hijacking". 7 May 2000. Archived from the original on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ Ryuichiro Hosokawa (2000-05-16). "Failing youth and the victims of crime". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- ^ a b "Should School-Age Killers be Tried as Adults? | News & Views, Opinion". 12 July 2015.
- ^ Kikuchi & Arimura (2021), pp. 98–109.
Bibliography
edit- Itō, Kōichi (2004). The truth of the Metropolitan Police Special unit (in Japanese). Dainihon-kaiga. ISBN 978-4499228657.
- Kikuchi, Masayuki; Arimura, Takuma (2021). SAT special force (in Japanese). Ikaros Publishing. ISBN 978-4802209564.
External links
edit- Neomugicha's thread (in Japanese)