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Four more members of Japanese doomsday cult executed

25-7-2018 < RT 50 71 words
 

Four of the six remaining members of the cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway have been executed, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported. Earlier this month the cult leader Shoko Asahara and six other members were executed. A total of 13 people were sentenced to capital punishment for various crimes committed by members of the group.


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