Hamburg man charged with murder over US teen’s livestreamed death

A man accused of luring children worldwide into a sadistic online abuse network has been charged by German prosecutors with hundreds of crimes, including murder, for the livestreamed death of a 13-year-old American.

Using the pseudonym “White Tiger”, the 21-year-old man from Hamburg is alleged to have victimised more than 30 children with online sexual abuse, manipulation and exploitation as a part of a virtual network of abusers known as “764”.

He allegedly coerced a US boy, 13, into killing himself in 2022, which was broadcast via live stream.

Authorities said the crimes had occurred between January 2021, when the suspect was 16 years old, and September 2023.

Prosecutors in Hamburg announced 204 criminal charges against the German-Iranian man, including allegations of committing one murder and five attempted murders as an “indirect perpetrator”.

Read more: The Guardian (UK)