Japan executed a man on Friday who killed nine people after contacting them on social media, the first use of capital punishment in the country in nearly three years. Takahiro Shiraishi had been ...

Takahiro Shiraishi was executed for the killings in 2017 of nine victims, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social ...

Suspected 'Twitter Killer' Takahiro Shiraishi hides his face while being transported to the prosecutor's office from a police station in Tokyo on November 1, 2017. Photo: STR/AFP via Getty Images But ...

A car carrying "Twitter Killer" Takahiro Shiraishi leaves a Tokyo police station in November. Credit: Yomiuri Shimbun via AP On March 25, one 14-year-old girl posted : “I’m currently in the city.

Dubbed the "Twitter Killer", Takahiro Shiraishi’s crimes shocked the country known for its low crime rate. Between August and October 2017, he preyed on the vulnerable, targeting mostly young women ...

Japan's crime rate is relatively low, but it has experienced some recent high-profile killings. In July 2016, a former employee of a home for the disabled allegedly killed 19 residents and injured ...

A man known as the “Twitter killer,” who admitted to dismembering nine people in Japan after they posted suicidal thoughts on social media, has been sentenced to death for his crimes ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine victims, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media. He was also ...

Japan’s ‘Twitter Killer’ Given Death Sentence for 9 Murders Takahiro Shiraishi confessed to killing eight women he stalked on social media, and a man he thought suspected him, in crimes that ...

Japan Hangs 'Twitter Killer' In 1st Execution Since 2022. ... "It is not appropriate to abolish the death penalty while these violent crimes are still being committed," Suzuki told a press conference.

Japan’s ‘Twitter killer,’ who murdered 9 people, is sentenced to death. ... Japan’s crime rate is relatively low, but there have been some recent high-profile killings and crimes.