‘Twitter Killer’ Executed by Hanging After Raping and Dismembering 9 People
Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter Killer”, was executed by hanging on June 26, 2025 marking the first time in three years that Japan has carried out a death sentence. He was convicted of murdering nine people, including eight women, all of whom he raped before killing.
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Takahiro Shiraishi was a Japanese national. During his trial, he was found guilty of multiple crimes, including rape and the murder of nine people eight of them women. Among the victims were three schoolgirls. Shiraishi reportedly raped his victims before murdering them.
He also killed a young man who was the boyfriend of one of the women, in order to silence him. Shiraishi was arrested in 2017 after police discovered dismembe...