Japan’s ‘Twitter Killer’ Sentenced To Death In Killing Of 9

Japan’s ‘Twitter Killer’ Sentenced To Death In Killing Of 9
Takahiro Shiraishi said he targeted those with suicidal thoughts: "It was easier for me to convince people with worries and other issues and manipulate them to my way of thinking."

Takahiro Shiraishi murdered and dismembered eight women and one man in his apartment near Tokyo. He used Twitter to lure most of his victims, promising he could help them kill themselves.

(Image credit: Masato Yamashita/Jiji Press/AFP via Getty Images)


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