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Posted on 27 March 2015. Tags: Cult, daughter, Doomsday, Japan’s, Leader, memoir, speaks

Daughter of Japan’s doomsday cult leader speaks out in memoir On March 20, 1995, cult members punctured plastic bags containing sarin nerve gas on three Tokyo subway lines during morning rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 6,300. Of the 299 survivors of the attack, more than half said Asahara and 12 others, … Full News […]

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Posted on 22 March 2015. Tags: assault, attack, cult’s, Deadly, Doomsday, Recalling, sarin, Tokyo

Tokyo sarin attack: Recalling doomsday cult’s deadly assault In March 1995, the world’s busiest subway system was brought to a standstill as a mysterious gas was released across the Tokyo underground. Commuters in the Japanese capital began to feel short of breath and experienced dim vision. A dozen people died … Full News here – Read […]

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Posted on 19 January 2014. Tags: brought, Cult, death, Doomsday, Justice, looms, subway, Tokyo

Justice looms for Doomsday cult that brought death to Tokyo subway The legal hearings Thursday in Tokyo against one of the few remaining members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult could also serve to bring closure to a nation that was traumatised by an attack that was as bizarre as it was terrifying: an apocalyptic religious […]

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