Japan Executes Man for 2017 Serial Murders in Zama

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Tokyo, June 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan on Friday executed a 34-year-old man convicted for murdering nine people in his apartment in the city of Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, in 2017, the Justice Ministry said. Takahiro Shiraishi was executed after about four and a half years since his death penalty was finalized. It was the first execution in the country in two years and 11 mont…

Tokyo, June 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan on Friday executed a 34-year-old man convicted for murdering nine people in his apartment in the city of Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, in 2017, the Justice Ministry said. Takahiro Shiraishi was executed after about four and a half years since his death penalty was finalized. It was the first execution in the country in two years and 11 mont…