Man convicted of 2017 murders of 9 people in Japan executed

Man convicted of 2017 murders of 9 people in Japan executed

Japanese Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 27, 2025, after a man was executed earlier in the day over a 2017 serial murder of nine people in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo. The death sentence of Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed Japan's "Twitter killer" for targeting people who posted suicidal thoughts on social media, was finalized in 2021.

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