Japan?s ?Twitter killer? receives death sentence for nine murders – The Washington Post

TOKYO — A man dubbed Japan’s “Twitter killer” was sentenced to death by a court on Tuesday for using social media to lure nine people to their deaths, including several young women who were contemplating suicide, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported. Takahiro Shiraishi, 30, called himself “@hangingpro” on one of his five Twitter accounts and offered to help people in pain. He tweeted statements such as “It is not hard to hang oneself” and “If you cannot help yourself, I can help you,” public…

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