10-year-old girl posts death threat on Web site

The Yomiuri Shimbun
March 6, 2008
Source: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080306TDY02303.htm

SAITAMA--A fourth-grade primary school girl in Chiba Prefecture posted a message on an Internet bulletin board last month announcing she would kill a primary school student in Saitama Prefecture, police said.

The police on Tuesday drew up a report on the girl for a child consultation center.

According to the police, on Feb. 15, the 10-year-old girl used her home computer to post a message on an Internet video hosting site's bulletin board that said she would kill a primary school girl in Saitama Prefecture at 1 p.m. on Feb. 29.

The police said the Saitama Prefectural Board of Education instructed municipal boards of education to take measures to prevent the crime, including being alert to people acting suspiciously.

The girl, who was quoted by police as saying she posted the message "for fun," has expressed remorse, the police said.

(Mar. 6, 2008)

10-year-old Chiba girl reported to child consultation center for making online death threats

Japan Today
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 11:26 EST
Source: http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/430107

CHIBA — Police on Wednesday reported a 10-year-girl who lives in Chiba, to a local child consultation center in Saitama Prefecture for posting Internet death threats against schoolgirls. In one case, the message said: "I will kill schoolgirls in Saitama at 1 p.m. on Feb 29."

Police said the girl had posted the messages using a PC at her house in Chiba. According to police, the girl said she just posted the messages as a joke and didn't imagine it would become a big issue.