Memorial service for curry-poisoning victims

Memorial service for curry-poisoning victims

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Relatives of victims in a 1998 curry-poisoning case in Wakayama, western Japan, offer silent prayers before a small altar during a memorial service July 24. Four people were killed and 63 others fell ill after eating arsenic-laced curry which was prepared by members of the local community and served at a summer festival on July 25, 1998. A former insurance sales woman has been indicted on murder charges in the case.

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