According to CNN, on Friday in Tokyo on 34-year-old Takahiro Shiraishim a death sentence was carried out by hanging. The man confessed to rape and suffocate eight women aged 15 to 26. He also murdered one of his victims. He quartered their bodies and stored in the fridge in his apartment. In December 2020, he was sentenced to death. Takhiro Shiraishi's lawyer appealed against this judgment to the Supreme Court in Tokyo, but soon he withdrew his appeal. So the judgment was valid.
Takahiro Shiraishi was arrested in October 2017. Earlier, the police searched his home in the city of Zama. The trail led them there during the search for a missing 23-year-old who shared her suicidal thoughts on social media. Three refrigerators were found in the Japanese room, and five containers in which human heads and bones were found.
The death penalty was made in Japan. 34-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi held the corpses of the victims in the apartment
According to investigators, Takahiro Shiraishi searched for victims among people who shared on the web (mainly on Twitter) with their suicidal thoughts. He invited them to his apartment, promising that he would help them kill himself.
– said on Friday during a press conference Minister of Justice Japan Keisuke Suzuki.
Keisuke Suzuki emphasized that the decision on the death sentence was made after a very accurate trial.
– Japanese Minister of Justice Keisuke Suzuki told journalists.
Friday's execution was the first in Japan since July 2022, when a death sentence was carried out on a man convicted of a knife attack in a Tokyo trading district. In the country, this punishment is performed by hanging. Information about enforcement is given to lawyers and families, as well as to public, only after it was conducted.
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If you feel that you need help, you feel fear and sadness, you have suicidal thoughts – do not wait, call one of the aid numbers available free of charge and active around the clock, seven days a week:
- 800 70 22 22 – Support Center for Adults in a mental crisis
- 800 12 12 12 – Psychological support in a crisis – hotline for children, adolescents and guardians
- 116 111 – Trust phone for children and adolescents
- 112 – in the event of a direct threat to life or health
