March 20, 2004

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  9 YEARS AGO TODAY

  
  

  

  
  

  Mar 20 1995 

  
  

  Members of the Aum cult release Sarin nerve gas in the Tokyo subway. Eleven people die and 5,500 are injured. The cult's doctrine of "Poa" make mass murder the way to save their own souls. They had intended eventually to produce 70 tons of the gas.

  
  

  On February 27, 2004, Shoko Asahara, the founder of the AUM Shinrikyo cult had been sentenced to death in the Tokyo District Court after being convicted on 13 charges that claimed the lives of 27 victims.

  
  

  As the original members of Aum face the courts on an almost daily basis, the remnants of the sect are showing signs of rebirth.

  
  

   Loyal cult members are still making preparations for the Judgment Day. They believe that when that day comes, the entire population of the world will be annihilated.

  
  

  http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/terrorists/prophet/1.html?sect=22 

  
  

   

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