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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mari Yamaguchi

Japan executes murderer dubbed ‘The Twitter killer’ who dismembered nine people in his home

Takahiro Shiraishi leaves a police station in Hachioji, suburbs of Tokyo, in November 2017 - (Kyodo News)

A man dubbed the “Twitter killer” has been executed in Japan for murdering and dismembering nine people in his flat.

Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was hanged at the Tokyo Detention House after being convicted of the brutal killings which took place in 2017 at his apartment south west of Tokyo.

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