Jun 27, Kathmandu - A man convicted of killing nine people in Japan has been executed. Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter Killer," was convicted of killing nine people and dismembering their bodies in his Tokyo apartment in 2017. He was 30 years old at the time of the incident.

He was executed on Friday, Japan's Justice Ministry said. Shiraishi was sentenced to death in 2020. He was also convicted of sexual assault. Shiraishi was reportedly executed in secret at a Tokyo detention house.

The incident came to light in October 2017 when police found body parts in the city of Zama, near Tokyo, while searching for a victim. He was arrested after police found the bodies of eight women and one man in the cold storage of his apartment.

All the deceased were between the ages of 15 and 26. Shiraishi confessed to the murders.