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Japan Executes 'Twitter Killer' Who Murdered Nine

A court sketch by Masato Yamashita dated September 30, 2020 shows Takahiro Shiraishi (C), on trial (Credit: AFP)

Japan on Friday executed a man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.

Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was hanged for killing his young victims, all but one of whom were women, after contacting them on the social media platform now called X.

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