Tokyo marks 15th anniversary of subway sarin attack

Tokyo marks 15th anniversary of subway sarin attack

TOKYO, Japan - Some 20 station workers offer a silent prayer at Tokyo Metro's Kasumigaseki Station in central Tokyo on March 20, 2010, during a ceremony to mark the 15th anniversary of the sarin nerve gas attack on the subway system by AUM Shinrikyo cult members that left 13 dead and sickened some 6,300. (Kyodo)

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