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A Japanese man who has admitted using Twitter to lure nine people to his apartment then killing and dismembering them is to be served with another warrant in the case.
No charges have yet been brought against Takahiro Shiraishi, 27. Police are considering putting him under examination to see if he is criminally liable, the sources said.
The new warrant, the 10th against Shiraishi relates to his most recent admitted killing, that of Natsumi Kubo, a 17-year-old from Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo.
Japanese serial killer suspect used Twitter account ‘hangingpro’ to contact suicidal victims

But the exact nature of the warrant is unclear at this time.
Shiraishi is believed to have approached people who had expressed suicidal thoughts on the internet before luring them to his flat in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He allegedly used the Twitter handle “hangingpro” and purported to be an expert in suicide methods.
He is suspected of murdering Kubo, a high school senior, and dismembering her body at his flat sometime after late September 2017, the sources said.
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Kubo went missing on the morning of September 30, 2017. Global positioning data from her mobile phone was cut near Shiraishi’s flat, they said.
Shiraishi had previously been served with arrest warrants in the murders of seven women and a man who lived in Tokyo and its vicinity. The other warrant was applied when he was initially arrested on October 31 last year, on suspicion of illegally disposing of human remains.


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Japan’s ‘hangingpro’ serial killer, who admits dismembering nine people, is served with new warrant

Suspect Takahiro Shiraishi (C) covers his face with his hands as he is transported to the prosecutor's office from a police station in Tokyo on November 1, 2017. The 27-year-old Japanese man, who was 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, according to media reports. Photo: AFP 

Policemen prepare for inspection in front of an apartment in Zama, Kanagawa prefecture, on November 2, 2017, where police found nine dismembered corpses. Takahiro Shiraishi, the Japanese man who has reportedly confessed to murdering and hacking up nine young people in his bathroom, was said to be a quiet schoolboy who would grow up to be a sex scout and suspected serial killer. / AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS / STR / Japan OUT

Japanese serial killer suspect used Twitter account ‘hangingpro’ to contact suicidal victims

The avatar used by accused Japanese serial killer Takahiro Shiraishi for his Twitter account @hangingpro. Note the wounded neck and wrists. Photo: Twitter

Takahiro Shiraishi, who was arrested following the discovery of nine dismembered bodies at his apartment unit in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, leaves the Tachikawa Branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office in Tachikawa on Nov. 1, 2017. Shiraishi admitted to having killed teenage girls and the boyfriend of one of the victims, according to investigative sources. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER FEB. 1, 2018)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahiro Shiraishi is believed to have approached people who had expressed suicidal thoughts on the internet before luring them to his flat


Japan’s ‘hangingpro’ serial killer, who admits dismembering nine people, is served with new warrant

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Takahiro Shiraishi is believed to have approached people who had expressed suicidal thoughts on the internet before luring them to his flat