Aum cult leader behind sarin gas attacks executed / 6 former top members also put to death across Japan
Aum cult leader behind sarin gas attacks executed / 6 former top members also put to death across Japan
The Justice Ministry executed former Aum Supreme Truth cult leader Chizuo Matsumoto, also known as Shoko Asahara, on Friday morning in Tokyo.
The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
Japan hangs seven cult members 23 years after sarin attack
Japan hangs seven cult members 23 years after sarin attack
Japan yesterday executed the former leader of a doomsday cult and six other members of the group that carried out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, killing 13 people and shattering the country's myth of public safety.
Irish Independent
Irish Independent
Realize society where another Aum cult can never thrive / Further enhance antiterrorism measures
Realize society where another Aum cult can never thrive / Further enhance antiterrorism measures
A major milestone has been reached regarding cases that were unprecedented in the history of Japanese crime, even aiming to destroy the nation itself. Heinous acts such as indiscriminate terrorist attacks must not be allowed to happen again.
The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
Aum cult guru behind Tokyo sarin gas attack executed
The Justice Ministry executed former Aum Supreme Truth cult leader Chizuo Matsumoto, also known as Shoko Asahara, on Friday morning.
The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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Doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara executed
Shoko Asahara, the doomsday cult leader who masterminded the Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995, has been executed alongside several of his followers.Thirteen people were killed and thousands more injured when members of the Aum...
The New Zealand Herald
The New Zealand Herald
Japan Executes Cult Leader Asahara for Deadly 1995 Sarin Attack
Japan executed Shoko Asahara, the leader of the doomsday cult responsible for the 1995 sarin-gas attack on Tokyo’s subway that killed 13 people and sickened thousands.
Bloomberg
Bloomberg