Implied Threat to Murder SKE48 Suda Akari. Male Fan Arrested. States that He “Liked Her Too Much.”

https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170615-00000356-tokaiv-soci (Link has died since this post was made. Original Japanese is pasted after the translation below.)

June 15, 2017. Transmitted at 21:19. Tokai TV.

A 46-year-old male office worker living in West Ward, Nagoya City was arrested for writing implied threats of murder on the Twitter of a member of idol group SKE48.

Arrested was Matsui Hideo (46 years old). The suspicion is that in May of this year, he threatened SKE48 member Suda Akari (25 years old) by writing implied threats of murder such as “Die” on her Twitter.

Suda saw the writings and filed a report with the police. When police investigated, they were able to identify that it was the act of Matsui, the suspect, who had frequently attended Suda’s events.

During interrogation, Matsui said that he, “Liked her too much and did it out of jealousy,” and is thus admitting to the charges.

The police believe that Matsui was unhappy seeing Suda interact only with other people on Twitter, which led to his acts.

Tokai TV

Original Japanese text:

SKE48須田亜香里さん殺害をツイッターで示唆 ファンの男逮捕 「好き過ぎて…」と供述

アイドルグループＳＫＥ４８のメンバーのツイッターに、殺害を示唆する書き込みをして脅迫したとして名古屋市西区に住む４６歳の会社

員の男が逮捕されました。

逮捕されたのは、西区の会社員・松井秀夫容疑者（４６）で今年５月、ＳＫＥ４８のメンバー・須田亜香里さん（２５）のツイッターに「 死ね」などと殺害を示唆する書き込みをして脅迫した疑いが持たれています。

書き込みを見た須田さんが被害届を出したため警察が捜査をしたところ、須田さんのイベントに頻繁に訪れていた松井容疑者の犯行と特定されたということです。

調べに対し松井容疑者は「好き過ぎて、その嫉妬からやった」と容疑を認めているということです。

警察は松井容疑者が自分以外の人とばかりとツイッターでやりとりをしている須田さんに不満を持ち犯行に及んだとみて調べています。

Below are Matsui Hideo’s tweets with translations:

Translated by: Conjyak

QC, Edited by: Veliem