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SHOKO ASAHARA

JAPAN
Nov 2, 2012
Aum carry-overs get routine security shakedown
Public Security Intelligence Agency officials Thursday began inspecting 21 facilities run by Aleph, the group formerly known as Aum Shinrikyo, whose founder and senior cultists face the gallows for the cult's 1995 sarin attack on Tokyo's subway system.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2012
Trio who tipped off police to whereabouts of Aum fugitives to share ¥20 million reward
The National Police Agency and retired NPA officials said Thursday three people will share a ¥20 million reward for providing information that led to the arrests of two Aum Shinrikyo fugitives wanted in connection with the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 22, 2011
Last trial brings dark Aum era to end
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by condemned killer Seiichi Endo, lowering the curtain on the trials over the cult's heinous crimes, which began in the 1980s and culminated in the 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2003
Asahara's lawyers blame murders on Aum disciples
Lawyers representing Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara argued Thursday that their client is innocent of masterminding a series of grisly crimes, including two fatal sarin gas attacks.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2002
Aum Shinrikyo officer Niimi given death sentence for role in 26 murders
Senior Aum Shinrikyo figure Tomomitsu Niimi was sentenced Wednesday to death for his role in 26 murders and other crimes committed by the doomsday cult, including two deadly sarin attacks.
CULTURE / Books
May 13, 2001
When the nightmare broke through: "Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche"
UNDERGROUND: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche, by Haruki Murakami. Translated by Alfred Birnbaum and Philip Gabriel. Random House, Vintage International; 366 pp., $14.

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