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A cannibal serial killer who sold his victims’ flesh as ‘ostrich meat’ and kept eyeballs in wine bottles has been executed in China.

Zhang Yongming, 57, cut up his victims and sold their remains to unsuspecting customers at a local market near to his home, according to state media.

Zhang, known as the ‘Cannibal Monster’, was found guilty of murdering 11 people and sentenced to death at a court hearing in July.

The killer was "escorted to an execution site and executed" today, state-run news agency Xinhua said.

Horrified police are believed to have found eyeballs preserved in wine bottles and pieces of flesh hanging when they searched Zhang’s home following his arrest.

He reportedly ate his victims, thought to be mainly young boys, sold their flesh and also fed some to his dog, according to The Standard in Hong Kong.

Residents told local media they had seen green plastic bags hanging from his home with what appeared to be white bones protruding from the top.

Zhang was previously jailed for murder but released from prison in 1997.

Last year in China, a drunk bus driver pounced on a woman and chewed her face in another horrific ‘cannibal attack’.

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The victim, named locally as Du, was driving past a bus station when the crazed man ran out into the road, climbed onto her bonnet and started hitting the windscreen.

When she got out of the car and tried to escape, the man, named locally as Dong, leapt on top of her and wrestled her to the ground.

The bus driver then allegedly started chewing Du’s face, biting her nose and lips, leaving her covered in blood, according to local reports in China.