Prosecutors demand death penalty for AUM's Asahara

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi, whose husband was among twelve people killed in the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack by AUM Shinrikyo cult, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on April 24 after prosecutors demanded the death penalty for cult founder Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, at the Tokyo District Court. (Kyodo)

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