Police arrest man in possession of 9 butchered bodies

Japanese police have arrested a 27-year-old man after finding nine

dismembered bodies in his apartment.

“The suspect, named Takahiro Shiraishi, confessed to cutting up the bodies in a bathroom in his room in the city of Zama, 40 km south-west of Tokyo.

“Police found the bodies of eight women and one man in cold-storage containers on Monday, as they were conducting a search on suspicion of the man’s involvement in the disappearance of a young woman.

“Police suspect they include the body of the missing 23-year-old,” local media on Tuesday quoted police officials.

The woman, from Hachioji, a city in the greater Tokyo area, and the man were found to have exchanged messages on Twitter after she expressed suicidal thoughts on the social media platform.

“She said on September 20 she was looking for someone who will commit suicide with her,” the media added.