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Japan executes convicted 'Twitter killer' who killed and dismembered nine

Japan has executed a man convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo, the country's Justice Ministry announced.

Takahiro Shiraishi, the so-called "Twitter Killer", was sentenced to death in 2020 for murdering nine individuals, most of whom had expressed suicidal thoughs on Twitter.

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