Tokyo marks 15th anniversary of subway sarin attack

Tokyo marks 15th anniversary of subway sarin attack

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi, whose husband Kazumasa was among 13 killed in the sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway system by AUM Shinrikyo cult members, offers flowers at Kasumigaseki Station in central Tokyo on March 20, 2010, to mark the 15th anniversary of the attack. Kazumasa Takahashi was killed after removing a bag of sarin as a senior official at the station. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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