AUM Founder Asahara, Mastermind Behind 1995 Sarin Gas Attack, Executed with Followers

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AUM Founder Asahara, Mastermind Behind 1995 Sarin Gas Attack, Executed with Followers

Tokyo, Japan, -July 6: Kyodo News helicopter shows a Tokyo detention center on July 6, 2018, where Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, was hanged the same day for masterminding the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system and other acts that resulted in the deaths of 29 people. AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, who was convicted of numerous murders including the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, was executed Friday along with several followers, sources close to the matter said. Asahara, 63, whose real name was Chizuo Matsumoto, was sentenced to death for masterminding the subway attack and other acts that resulted in the deaths of 29 people. He was among 13 people placed on death row in connection with the string of crimes perpetrated by the doomsday cult.

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