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Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was hanged after murdering nine people — eight of whom were young women he targeted after they ...

TOKYO >> 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.

TOKYO — Japan on Friday executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer” who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the East Asian nation’s first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.

Japan Hangs 'Twitter Killer' In 1st Execution Since 2022 Takahiro Shiraishi had been sentenced to death for his 2017 strangling and dismembering of eight women and one man in his apartment near Tokyo.

Japan executes 'Twitter killer' who murdered and dismembered nine people Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter killer," was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine victims.

Japan executes "Twitter killer" Takahiro Shiraishi for murdering nine people, marking the first capital punishment in three years.

Japan executes Takahiro Shiraishi, the 'Twitter killer,' convicted of murdering nine people. The case raised concerns over social media's role in crimes.

Japan used the death penalty for the first time in almost three years as it executed an individual known as the "Twitter killer," who was found guilty of killing and dismembering 9 people. The ...

Japan on Friday executed a man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.