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Japan blogger killed after ‘dispute’ resolution talk: reports
TOKYO, June 26, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A well-known Japanese blogger has been
stabbed to death by an internet user he had argued with, shortly after giving
a talk on “how to manage disputes online.”
Kenichiro Okamoto, known to web users as Hagex, was reportedly followed to
the toilets and stabbed several times in the back after a conference on
Sunday in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, according to local media.
According to his blog, the 41-year-old wanted to “share his experiences
about quarrels online and how to deal with them.”
A 42-year-old suspect has been arrested and has confessed to the crime,
saying he “hated” the blogger, according to Japanese state broadcaster NHK.
Okamoto was a specialist on online security who appeared several times on
television to talk about the internet in Japan.
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