Blogger Stabbed To Death Minutes After Giving A Seminar On How To Resolve Personal Disputes On tqhe Internet

One of Japan ’ s most prominent bloggers was stabbed to death minutes after giving a seminar on how to resolve personal disputes on the internet.

Media reports said Kenichiro Okamoto, better known by his blogger name Hagex , died after reportedly being attacked by a man he had argued with online. The suspect , Hidemitsu Matsumoto , allegedly followed Okamoto into the toilets after he had ended his talk at a venue in the south- western city of Fukuoka.

Okamoto was stabbed several times before staggering out of the toilets after his assailant, who fled on a bicycle , according to the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper.

Okamoto, who sustained stab wounds to the chest and neck , was taken to hospital where he was confirmed dead . His attacker reportedly handed himself in almost three hours after the attack.

Moments before the fatal stabbing , the 41 - year - old had shared advice at a public event on how to deal with online disputes. According to reports , the suspect had posted messages containing personal abuse directed at Okamoto and other commenters on the blog.

The Mainichi quoted a source as saying that Okamoto “ had got into trouble before with internet users over the content of the blog".