# Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering eight women and one man in the country’s first use of capital punishment in nearly three years. Takahiro Shiraishi was hanged on Friday at the Tokyo Detention House. The 34-year-old was sentenced to death after pleading guilty. Shiraishi was arrested in 2017 after police searched his home and found containers with human remains. In Japan, the death penalty is delivered by hanging, with execution dates not made public until after the penalty is carried out.
Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered and dismembered nine people