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The 27-year-old Japanese man Takahiro Shiraishi, arrested after police found nine dismembered corpses rotting in his house, has confessed to killing all his victims over a two-month spree after contacting them via Twitter. (Photo: AFP)

Japan's Twitter killer' faces first of nine murder charges

Shiraishi is believed to have lured his mostly female victims to his apartment near Tokyo, where he killed them and cut...

20 Nov 2017 10:51 AM

People gather in front of the apartment where police found dismembered bodies in coolers in Zama city, south west of Tokyo. (Photo: AP)

Japan: 'Twitter killer' lured, beheaded 9 after tweeting suicidal...

Suspect, Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed Twitter killer', reportedly lured his victims -- aged between 15 and 26 -- by...

15 Nov 2017 6:57 AM

On the morning of Halloween, police uncovered nine dismembered bodies, bone parts stashed in coolers and tool boxes, sprinkled with cat litter in a bid to hide the evidence Takahiro Shiraishis flat. (Photo: AFP)

15-yr old girl, other high school kids among Japan's 'serial killer'...

Not all of the victims have been identified but some were tracked down via bank cards.

6 Nov 2017 12:21 PM

Pictures of the 27-year-old show an ordinary-looking man with neat, dark hair and glasses, who lived in a nondescript flat on a quiet residential street in one of Tokyos endless sprawling suburbs. (Photo: AFP)

Unsuspecting Japanese man kills 9, hacks bodies, hides parts in fridge

Takahiro Shiraishi confessed to murdering and hacking up nine young people in his Tokyo bathroom.

2 Nov 2017 11:03 AM