Japan Executes ‘Twitter Killer’ Takahiro Shiraishi for Nine Murders
Japan Executes ‘Twitter Killer’ Takahiro Shiraishi for Nine Murders Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the ‘Twitter killer,’ has been executed in Japan, marking the country’s first use of capital punishment in nearly three years. Shiraishi, 34, was hanged at the Tokyo Detention House on Friday, four years after being sentenced to death for the murder and dismemberment of nine people. Shiraishi was arrested in October 2017 following an investigation into the disappearance of a 23-year-old woman who had expressed suicidal thoughts online….