‘Death Note’ comic cited in notes found with severed body in Belgium

BRUSSELS, Oct. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Notes referring to the name of a serial killer in the popular Japanese comic “Death Note” were found near human body parts in southern Brussels last week, according to a recent local newspaper report.

Two notes reading “Watashi wa Kira desu,” a Japanese phrase meaning “I am Kira,” were left at the scene, according to an article published Monday by Belgium’s La Derniere Heure.

In the comic, the main character tries to rid the world of evil by typing the names of criminals on a Death Note, which has the power to kill them. The unidentified serial killer is known as Kira.

According to the article, a man walking in a Brussels park last Friday afternoon found thighs and a lower abdomen. The body parts are believed to belong to a Caucasian man who has yet to be identified.

The newspaper reported that local police have launched a murder investigation and that they consider it unlikely that the notes were left there coincidentally.

Translated versions of “Death Note” are available in Belgium, where the comic is popular among young people.

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