TOKONAME, Aichi -- A teenager who went outside armed with a knife, telling an acquaintance he was going to kill someone at random, was arrested after police found him with the weapon at a train station, law enforcers said.
The 19-year-old, whose name has been withheld because he is a minor, was arrested on suspicion of violating the Firearms and Swords Control Law.
"I hate old people and I was feeling irritated, so I left home thinking I was going to kill someone. I brought the knife from home," police quoted the teen as saying.
Police said a man contacted Tokoname Police Station at about 2:10 p.m. on Wednesday, telling them an acquaintance had gone out of the house with a knife saying he was going to kill someone at random.
Law enforcers dispatched a search team of 50, and officers found a man matching the description of the suspect on a platform at Nishinokuchi Station on the Meitetsu Tokoname Line. When they questioned him, they found a knife in his jacket with an 18-centimeter blade, and immediately arrested him.
After receiving the report from the acquaintance, police ordered an elementary and junior high school in the area to shut their gates, and dispatched police officers to keep watch. They also dispatched several police cars and warned residents to be on the alert.
銃刀法違反：「人殺す」と包丁持参、少年逮捕 愛知・常滑
９日午後２時１０分ごろ、男性の声で「（知人が）誰でもいいから殺すと、包丁を持って家を出ていった」と愛知県警常滑署に通報があった。同署が緊急配備し、５０人態勢で周辺を捜索した結果、約３０分後に同県常滑市住吉町４の名鉄常滑線西之口駅ホームで通報内容に似た服装の男を発見した。職務質問したところ、ジャンパーの内ポケットに刃渡り約１８センチの包丁を持っていたため、銃刀法違反容疑で現行犯逮捕した。
調べでは、逮捕されたのは常滑市内の無職の少年（１９）で、警察官が「包丁を捨てろ」と言うと抵抗せず素直に応じた。取り調べに対し「年寄りが嫌いで、むしゃくしゃしたので殺したいと思って家を出た。包丁は家から持ってきた」などと供述しているという。
常滑署は通報を受けた後、近くの小中学校に連絡して校門を閉めさせ、警察官を配備した。さらに付近一帯をパトカーで巡回し、住民に注意を呼び掛けた。【飯田和樹】
Mainichi Newspaper
April 10, 2008
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