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Suspect behind Nintendo Live Tokyo cancellation death threats arrested in Japan


A person suspected of sending death threats to Nintendo has reportedly been arrested by Japanese police. Nintendo cance…

A person suspected of sending death threats to Nintendo has reportedly been arrested by Japanese police. Now, according to Japanese newspaper Kyoto Shimbun (via 4Gamer), a man in his 20s has been arrested, believed to be behind the threats. Watch on YouTube The man, a local government employee in the Ibaraki Prefecture, is suspected of interfering with Nintendo operations by sending multiple death threat messages on the inquiry form on the company's official website.

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