Takahiro Shiraishi: Japan executes a Twitter killer who murdered and dismembered nine people

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” was executed in Japan for murdering and dismembering nine people, mostly young women who expressed suicidal thoughts on social media.Shiraishi lured victims by promising to help them die, but confessed that he killed them to satisfy his own sexual desires; he was sentenced to death in 2020 and executed in 2024.The case highlighted concerns about the misuse of social media and marked Japan’s first execution since July 2022, with the country’s capital punishment process remaining largely secretive.https://tsbrenterprises.org/japan-executes-shiraishi-twitter-killer/