"I didn't intend to run gasoline" Arrested man at the art festival threatening FAX 8:08 on August 8
At the International Art Festival in Aichi Prefecture, we sent a fax that threatened to bring a can of gasoline if we did not stop displaying the statue of a girl symbolizing the comfort women problem, and we were forced to cancel some exhibitions A police interview revealed that a man who was arrested for suspicion of obstruction is making a statement to the effect that he had not intended to take or leave gasoline.
The police said on August 2 that they had to remove the statue of the girl urgently because the exhibition of a girl statue symbolizing the comfort women issue was canceled at the Aichi Triennale, an international art festival held in Aichi Prefecture. Sending a hand-written fax to the venue saying "I'll disturb you with a gas carrying can" ) Was arrested on the night of the 7th on the suspicion of disruption of power.
It means that the investigation is accused.
In response to the investigation afterwards, it was found through interviews with the police that Mr. Hotta made a statement stating that “I did not intend to take gasoline with me.”
According to the police, we know that faxes were sent from convenience stores in the prefecture based on analysis of the video from the sender and the security camera at the store, and we continue to elucidate the motives.