Joyu to become AUM leader in January

Joyu to become AUM leader in January

TOKYO, Japan - Fumihiro Joyu, a longtime spokesman for the AUM Shinrikyo cult and its de facto No. 2 man, announces at a news conference at an AUM facility in Tokyo on Dec. 27 he will take over the cult, responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system and other crimes, at the end of January. Joyu, 39, said that current leader Tatsuko Muraoka, 51, will step down and become chairwoman.

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