Hamburg, Jan 9, 2026 (AFP) - German trial starts of 'White Tiger' online predator

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2026-01-09

A German juvenile court starts the so-called "White Tiger" trial Friday in which a man is accused of multiple sadistic online crimes including coercing a 13-year-old to die by suicide. The defendant, a 21-year-old German-Iranian national living in the northern city of Hamburg, has been only partially identified as Shahriar J., in line with German privacy rules. The case shines a spotlight on the dark world of sadistic online exploitation, where p......

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