Japan's "Twitter killer", suspected of murdering and chopping up people he lured on social media, and storing their body parts in coolboxes, was charged Monday with nine counts of murder.
Takahiro Shiraishi, 27, has admitted to killing and butchering all nine of his victims -- all but one of whom were women aged between 15 and 26.
On the morning of Halloween last year, police uncovered a grisly house of horrors behind Shiraishi's front door: nine dismembered bodies with as many as 240 bone parts stashed in coolers and tool boxes, sprinkled with cat litter in a bid to hide the evidence.
He is suspected of luring people with suicidal tendencies via Twitter by telling them he could help them in their plans or even die alongside them.
Prosecutors pressed charges after five months of psychiatric examination showed Shiraishi could be held criminally responsible, according to local news agency Jiji Press
Japan TV Anchor Fired Over Social Media Post Criticising Men's Body Odour Study Abroad: Explore Jobs and Career Options In Japan How Missing Scissors Caused 36 Flight Cancellations At A Busy Japan Airport From 8 Days To 8 Months: NASA Astronauts To Return From Space Next Year Why NASA Picked Elon Musk's SpaceX To Bring Back Astronauts From Space "Will Benefit 23 Lakh Employees": Centre Launches Unified Pension Scheme Trump Struggles To Keep Media Spotlight In Battle With Kamala Harris Suspected German Festival Stabber Who Killed 3 Arrested Telegram Chief Pavel Durov Arrested At French Airport: Report Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.