Niimi sentenced to death for sarin attacks, murders

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tomomitsu Niimi, a senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo, who was sentenced to death at the Tokyo District Court on June 26 for his involvement in a series of murders committed by the cult, including the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. Niimi, 38, was found guilty in a total of 11 criminal cases, including seven murder cases and two attempted murder cases that took place between February 1989 and April 1995.

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