Here’s a disturbing story of just how horrific real-time mobile blogging can be. Tomohiro Kato, 25, of Japan wrote stories to a mobile web site about his plans to go on a killing spree in Akihabara, one of Tokyo’s biggest shopping districts. His stabbing rampage led to the death of 7 pedestrians before he was subdued by police officers. When questioned, he told the officials that he had warned them, referring to his mobile post.
His post was titled, “I will kill people in Akihabara,” and in it he proclaimed, “I will drive into a crowd, then I will use a knife after I’ve finished with the vehicle. Goodbye everyone.” In the moments prior to the stabbings, he posted updates saying that he was about to begin the attack. This comes 7 years to the day after a horrific incident in which Mamoru Takuma killed more than 6 elementary school children and injured a dozen more. Kato may have been mimicking the event as some have called Takuma charismatic.
The mobile web connects users wherever they are without the need to be tied to a computer. While it can be an excellent tool in bringing people together, this morbid incident illustrates the ability to use mobile technology to get attention in a disturbed and disgusting way.
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