“Zainichi Korean” man arrested for Air China bomb threat
A few days ago, a bomb threat against Air China flights caused a major disturbance in Japan:
The threat forced one of its planes bound for China to turn around and return to Japan, although inspections of the aircraft and four other Air China jets found no suspicious objects, Japanese authorities said.
A Narita airport police officer said the threat was: “We are telling Air China: Immediately suspend operations of all flights. Otherwise we will bomb the planes. We will crash the airplanes into the site of the Olympics.”
The Japanese media is now reporting that a man claiming to be a Korean resident of Japan (Zainichi Korean) has turned himself into police in Kanagawa Prefecture, admitting responsibility for the bomb threat. It has not yet been reported why the man made the bomb threat.
