A court sketch shows Shiraishi (left), at the first trial at Tokyo District Court Tachikawa Branch in Tokyo. Dubbed the 'Twitter killer', Shiraishi was on Dec 15, 2020, sentenced to death for murdering and dismembering nine people he snared online, local media said. — MASATO YAMASHITA/AFP
TOKYO: A Japanese man dubbed the “Twitter killer” was sentenced to death by a Tokyo court on Dec 15 for murdering and dismembering nine people he met on the social media platform.
Takahiro Shiraishi, 30, admitted killing and butchering his young victims, all but one of whom were women.
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