Global InformationKilling of Satomi Mitarai information
| Sasebo slashing | |
|---|---|
 Okubo Elementary School; the site of the murder (pictured on March 11, 2011) | |
| Location | Okubo Elementary School, Higashiokubocho, Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan |
| Date | June 1, 2004 |
Attack type | Murder |
| Weapon | Utility knife |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Victim | Satomi Mitarai, 12 |
| Perpetrator | Girl A, 11 |
The "Sasebo slashing" (Japanese: 佐世保小6女児同級生殺害事件, Hepburn: Sasebo shōroku joji dōkyūsei satsugai jiken),[1] also known as the Nevada-tan murder, was the murder of a 12-year-old Japanese schoolgirl, Satomi Mitarai (御手洗 怜美, Mitarai Satomi), by an 11-year-old female classmate referred to as "Girl A" (a common placeholder name used for female criminals in Japan).[2] The murder occurred on June 1, 2004, at an elementary school in the city of Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture. The murderer slit Mitarai's throat and arms with a box cutter.[3]
Reactions to the incident included Internet memes[specify] and a discussion of lowering the age of criminal responsibility in Japan. The killer's name was not released to the press, as per Japanese legal procedures prohibiting the identification of juvenile offenders;[4] the Nagasaki District Legal Affairs Bureau cautioned Internet users against revealing her photos.[5] However, members of the Japanese Internet community 2channel read a name on a classroom drawing believed to be made by Girl A, and publicized the name on June 18, 2004.[6][7]
- ^ "Japanese schoolgirl kills classmate". The Sydney Morning Herald. June 2, 2004. Retrieved June 6, 2008.
- ^ Yamaguchi, Mari (June 2, 2004). "Japanese girl accused of killing classmate". The Independent. London. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
- ^ "Girl says internet spat prompted slaying". China Daily. June 4, 2004. Retrieved June 23, 2008.
- ^ "Japanese girl stabbed to death in school". China Daily. June 2, 2004. Retrieved June 6, 2008.
- ^ ネットに加害女児の顔、名前 長崎地方法務局が削除要請. Nagasaki Shimbun (in Japanese). June 3, 2004. Archived from the original on June 5, 2004. Retrieved June 23, 2008. Internet Archive copy.
- ^ Satō, Haruto (2005). Hanzai Kogal. pp. 11, 46, 29.
- ^ "佐世保の小６女児同級生殺害 (The Nagasaki District Legal Affairs Bureau requests deletion of the face and name of the perpetrator girl on the Internet)". Nagasaki Shimbun (in Japanese) - Archived from the original (Internet Archive copy). June 3, 2004. Archived from the original on June 5, 2004.