Japan Seeks Bomb Threat Faxer To Hundreds Of Schools
Multiple schools in Japan received bomb and murder threats through fax. There were threatening faxes sent from a number registered in Tokyo. Messages demanded ransoms of 300,000 to 3,000,000 Japanese yen. Japan seeks bomb threat faxer to several schools, prompting their immediate closure.
Threats Faxed To Schools
An earlier this week, a Tokyo-based number sent the threats to high schools and colleges. No bombs or allegations of assaults on students or teachers have been detected in school buildings, according to the police.
Japan has a very low crime rate, therefore bomb threats are quite uncommon there. On Monday, the first texts were sent to campuses all around the United States. Officials said that more than 170 schools in the prefecture of Saitama had received bomb threats.
One message reportedly stated, "I planted a major bomb," while another claimed that more than 330 devices had been planted, according to local media. According to some sources, the ransoms requested in the communications ranged from 300,000 to 3,000,000 yen (£1,870 to $2,320).
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On Tuesday, the same number threatened to murder students and instructors at high schools in other prefectures throughout Japan, including Osaka, Saitama, and Ibaraki, all located close to Tokyo.
Japan in Crisis: Authorities Hunt for Bomb Threat Faxer Targeting Schools
Final Words
Many Japanese schools closed as a precaution due to the threats, but by Thursday, most had reopened. In Japan, many people still use fax machines.
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Suleman Shah - Suleman Shah is a researcher and freelance writer. As a researcher, he has worked with MNS University of Agriculture, Multan (Pakistan) and Texas A & M University (USA). He regularly writes science articles and blogs for science news website immersse.com and open access publishers OA Publishing London and Scientific Times. He loves to keep himself updated on scientific developments and convert these developments into everyday language to update the readers about the developments in the scientific era. His primary research focus is Plant sciences, and he contributed to this field by publishing his research in scientific journals and presenting his work at many Conferences. Shah graduated from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (Pakistan) and started his professional carrier with Jaffer Agro Services and later with the Agriculture Department of the Government of Pakistan. His research interest compelled and attracted him to proceed with his carrier in Plant sciences research. So, he started his Ph.D. in Soil Science at MNS University of Agriculture Multan (Pakistan). Later, he started working as a visiting scholar with Texas A&M University (USA). Shah’s experience with big Open Excess publishers like Springers, Frontiers, MDPI, etc., testified to his belief in Open Access as a barrier-removing mechanism between researchers and the readers of their research. Shah believes that Open Access is revolutionizing the publication process and benefitting research in all fields.
