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 ...

Japan hangs the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of ...

The execution by hanging of a man convicted of killing nine people in Japan comes amidst a growing debate over the country's use of capital punishment.View on euronews ...

A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed, Japan's Justice ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Tokyo, June 27 (IANS): Japan on Friday executed a man convicted of the 2017 serial killing of nine people in Kanagawa Prefecture. The 34-year-old accused Shiraishi Takahiro, dubbed Japan's "Twitter ...

JAPAN has executed the man who brutally murdered eight women and one man – aged between 15 and 26 – after luring them to his flat. Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the “Twitter ...

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.

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 ...