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In a case that shocked public opinion, a Japanese court sentenced to death a man who killed 8 women and a man after communicating with them via Twitter, according to press reports..
The BBC stated that Takahiro Shirachi, nicknamed the “Twitter Killer”, was arrested in 2017 after the remains of his victims were found in his apartment..
The 30-year-old man confessed to killing and dismembering his victims, whom he met on “Twitter” and who were expressing a desire to commit suicide..
Local media reported that more than 400 people had attended the decision session, even though the hall only had 16 seats available to the public..
The suspect was dubbed “the Twitter bully” because it was revealed during interrogations that he was looking for his victims through tweets that talked about wanting to commit suicide. Shirachi introduced himself as “the executioner” and offered to help, while he himself insisted that in all cases he obtained the consent of his interlocutors, although in most cases it was tacit approval.
And Shirachi had taken advantage of “Twitter” to lure suicidal women into his home, saying it could help them die and, in some cases, claiming that he would commit suicide with the victim.
According to the indictment, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported that Shirahi strangled and dismembered eight women and one man between the ages of 15 and 26 between August and October 2017..
A Japanese newspaper described the killer’s house in Zama, near Tokyo, as a “house of terror” after investigators found 9 severed heads and torn body parts hidden in refrigerators and tool boxes..
The prosecution demanded the death penalty for Shirahi, who had confessed to killing and massacring his victims, but the defense attorney said that the charge of “murder with consent” should be brought against his client, claiming that the victims had given him their consent to kill them.
His lawyers insisted that their client was in a limited state of legal capacity during the murders, but a psychological examination that lasted five months confirmed the safety of the young man.
But the judge who issued the ruling declared: “None of the victims agreed to kill him,” and pointed out that the full responsibility lies with the convicted person..
As a result, the court sentenced him to death and the “Twitter serial killer” himself declared, even before the ruling, that he would not appeal..
From August to October, in his apartment, he strangled and dismembered eight girls and a man, between 15 and 26 years old. Investigators insisted that all the victims were women who were raped before they were killed. Shirachi himself could not even remember the names of the victims, “there were many”.
Japan is one of more than 20 countries in the world in which executions are carried out.
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