Japanese serial killer used Twitter to lure his victims

Suspect Takahiro was arrested after police found nine dismembered corpses rotting in his house.

TOKYO: A Japanese man arrested after police found nine dismembered corpses rotting in his house has confessed to killing all his victims over a two-month spree after contacting them via Twitter, media reports said on Wednesday.

Takahiro Shiraishi, 27, also confessed that he "assaulted" all of his eight female victims, the Fuji TV network said, using a Japanese media euphemism for sexual attacks.