{"id":33284,"date":"2025-06-29T17:46:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T17:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=33284"},"modified":"2025-06-29T17:46:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T17:46:40","slug":"twitter-killer-who-raped-and-murdered-8-young-women-then-kept-their-mutilated-remains-as-trophies-is-executed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=33284","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Twitter Killer\u2019 who Raped and Murdered 8 Young Women \u2014 Then Kept Their Mutilated Remains as Trophies \u2014 Is Executed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18629\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/takahiro_japan.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/takahiro_japan.jpg 452w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/takahiro_japan-300x169.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"254\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was executed on Friday in Japan after being convicted of murdering nine people, eight of whom were women he met on Twitter<br \/>\nShiraishi also raped his eight female victims, all of whom had expressed suicidal thoughts on Twitter<br \/>\nThis is the first execution in Japan since 2022, where inmates are given little advance warning that they will be hanged<br \/>\nA Japanese man who killed nine people and kept their cleaned bones and body parts in his apartment has been executed.<\/p>\n<p>Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was hanged for murdering nine people \u2014 eight of them young women he met on what was then called Twitter \u2014 earning him the nickname \u201cTwitter Killer.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><ins class=\"adsbyadop_d6f93595-b1c2-4e79-824e-211cf3605e7c\"><\/p>\n<div><iframe id=\"adopB331\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>The women were \u201cmentally fragile,\u201d according to Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki, who said Shiraishi targeted them after they expressed suicidal thoughts or ideations on the platform, now known as X.<\/p>\n<p>Shiraishi reached out to these women offering to help them end their lives, said Suzuki. Then, he lured them to his apartment, located approximately 20 miles outside Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>Once there, the victims were \u201cbeaten and strangled, killed, robbed, and then mutilated,\u201d said Suzuki.<\/p>\n<p>Shiraishi raped his eight female victims, said Suzuki, who also noted that three of the victims were teenagers. The youngest victim was just 15.<\/p>\n<p>Shiraishi also killed the boyfriend of one victim in order to silence him and evade possible detection by law enforcement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><ins class=\"adsbyadop_2a4d5f5b-3f21-458e-8bad-4b5b1c1aa44b\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>His perverse plot was uncovered in 2017 when the brother of one victim found<br \/>\ncommunications between the serial killer and his sister on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The brother then alerted police, leading to the discovery of bones and dismembered body parts from nine victims stored in coolers throughout Shiraishi\u2019s apartment in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture.<\/p>\n<p>Police said that at the time that Shiraishi used cat litter to mask the smell of the human remains.<\/p>\n<p>Suzuki said on Friday that this was all done to satisfy Shiraishi\u2019s \u201csexual and financial desires.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><ins class=\"adsbyadop_d6f93595-b1c2-4e79-824e-211cf3605e7c\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>That is why, Suzuki said, he ultimately agreed to order the execution after \u201ccareful consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shiraishi\u2019s execution marked Japan\u2019s first since 2022. Japan and the United States remain the only G7 nations that retain the death penalty.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><ins class=\"adsbyadop_2a4d5f5b-3f21-458e-8bad-4b5b1c1aa44b\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>All executions in Japan are done by hanging and inmates are given little advance warning, often being told just a few hours before the event.<\/p>\n<p>Family members are given no advance warning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><ins class=\"adsbyadop_d6f93595-b1c2-4e79-824e-211cf3605e7c\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>The decision to execute Shiraishi quickly drew criticism from many, including the European Union, which released a statement shortly after news of the hanging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn keeping with our consistent strong and principled position against the death penalty, we oppose the use of capital punishment in all cases and in all circumstances, and continue our active pursuit of its abolition worldwide,\u201d read the statement in part. \u201cThe use of the death penalty is incompatible with the inalienable right to life and the right to live free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement went on to say that capital punishment \u201cfails to act as a deterrent to crime and makes possible miscarriages of justice irreversible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was executed on Friday in Japan after being convicted of murdering nine people, eight of whom were women he met on Twitter Shiraishi also&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33285,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33284","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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