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

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 ...

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 executes murderer dubbed ‘The Twitter killer’ who dismembered nine people in his home - Takahiro Shiraishi was also convicted of sexually abusing female victims ...

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 ...

A Japanese court has sentenced a man to death for killing and dismembering nine people, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media, in a case that shocked the country.

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’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.