On Friday, Japan executed Takakhiro Shiraisi, widely known as the “killer on Twitter”, who killed and dismembered nine people in 2017, said the NHK public network, referring to government sources.
The 34 -year -old Shiraisha was sentenced to death for the murder, dismemberment and storage of the bodies of the victims of the house in the city of Zam, in the Kanagawa Prefecture, about 45 kilometers from Tokyo. Victims, eight women and men from 15 to 26 were killed in the period from August to October 2017.
The killer was corrected in public who showed thoughts of suicide on social networks and attracted them to the floor to kill them.
The Ministry of Justice, Keisuk Suzuki, said after the fulfillment that the case caused “greater excitement and anxiety in society for the loss of nine valuable human lives to satisfy the sexual and economic needs of the Reo.”
“A deadly sentence was fulfilled after an exhaustive judgment. In the light of exposed events, I ordered execution after the maximum consideration. The death penalty is an extremely serious punishment that deprives a person from life, therefore, of course, we must consider it with caution, ”the minister added.
Shiraisha was executed in the morning in the prison of the capital, in which he was withheld. This is the first execution in the Asian country since July 2022. This is also the first, since the prime minister -minister Shiger Ishab has taken possession of.
The lawyer and chief defender of Takahash in this case, Akira Omori, said after the fulfillment that it was “suddenly” and asked for time to think about this issue, according to the statements collected by the state chain.
During the trial, the main point of the debate between the charge and the defense was if the accused had the consent of the victims.
The defense asked to avoid the death penalty on the grounds that his accused was guilty only of murder with consent, because he had a silent approval of the victims in the messages that had previously sent him.
The testimony of Shiraisha, in which he indicated that the deceased resisted suffocation, contributed to the disassembly of his protection. Also, the fact that they stole money and subjected sexual violence of women’s victims, according to the details collected by NHK and the Kyodo news agency.
Shiraisha contacted his woman with victor (now x) and attracted them to his house with offers that will help them die.
The only killed man was a couple of one of the women who contacted him after the disappearance of his girlfriend, whom the criminal had already killed.
Shiraisha said that he was not going to avoid the verdict, even if it was a death penalty.
With today’s execution, the number of prisoners convicted of death in prisons throughout Japan is 105, of which 49 tend to repeat the trial.
