TOKYO: A Japanese court sentenced a man to death for killing and dismembering nine people, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media, in a case that shocked the country.
The Tachikawa branch of the Tokyo District Court found Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” guilty of killing, dismembering and storing the bodies of the victims in his apartment in Zama, near Tokyo.
Takahiro Shiraishi leaves a police station in Hachioji, suburbs of Tokyo in November, 2017. A Japanese court on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 sentenced a man to death for killing and dismembering nine people who had posted suicidal thoughts on social media, in a case that shocked the country. Takuya Inaba/Kyodo News via AP