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 media.

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine victims, ... Suzuki justified the need for the execution in Japan, ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” was was executed on Friday, at the Tokyo Detention House in secrecy with nothing disclosed until the execution was done.

Japan carries out rare execution as 'Twitter killer' who murdered nine people, raped the women and chopped up their bodies in house of horrors is hanged ...

Japan hangs 'Twitter killer' in first ... He was dubbed the "Twitter killer" as he contacted victims via ... It followed the execution in July 2022 of a man who went on a stabbing rampage in ...

Japan hangs 'Twitter killer' in first execution since 2022. ... It followed the execution in July 2022 of a man who went on a stabbing rampage in Tokyo’s Akihabara shopping district in 2008.

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Japan hangs ‘Twitter killer’ in first execution since 2022. ... Japan’s Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks at a news conference about the execution of a man who killed nine people after ...