Neomugicha incident
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The Template:Nihongo, also known as the Template:Nihongo<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is the name given to the hijacking of a Japanese bus by a user of the internet forum 2channel on May 3, 2000.
IncidentEdit
An hour after posting a cryptic threat in a 2channel thread under the name "Neomugicha" (ネオむぎ茶; Template:Literal translation), an unnamed 17-year-old hijacked a bus managed by Nishi-Nippon Railroad in Dazaifu, Fukuoka at 1:35Template:Spacesp.m.<ref name="Timeline">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Armed with a chef's knife, he stabbed one passenger to death and injured two.<ref name="wired">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The hijacking was reported by 2:47Template:Spacesp.m. by a 40Template:Spacesyear old female passenger after she was able to escape from the bus.<ref name="Timeline"/>
The Special Assault Team's Osaka and Fukuoka teams stormed the hijacked bus and captured the teenager alive.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn The teenager was arrested under the Firearm and Sword Control Law and the Law for the Punishment of Extortion Involving Hostage-Taking.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Due to the self-defense requirements as stipulated in the Law Concerning Execution of Duties of Police Officials, it took more than 15Template:Spaceshours for the hostage crisis to end.<ref name="JT">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The incident was resolved on MayTemplate:Spaces4 at 5:03Template:Spacesa.m.<ref name="Timeline"/>
AftermathEdit
In 2006, the suspect was officially released from a medical reformatory facility.<ref name="adult">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This action led to calls to reform the Juvenile Act, which had been law since 1948.<ref name="adult"/>
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.Template:Sfnp
Copycat crimesEdit
A poster named "Neoūroncha" (ネオ烏龍茶; Template:Literal translation) attempted to imitate "Neomugicha" by plotting to blow up the Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan and posting warnings about it on 2channel. Soon after the incident, however, the Japanese police were keeping a close eye on 2channel, so he was identified and arrested before his plan could be carried out. A poster called "Neobīru" (ネオビール; Template:Literal translation) also attempted to imitate the incident, planning a terrorist attack on a railway company, but he was also arrested.<ref name="wired" />