Police raids

Police raids

KAMIKUISHIKI, Japan - Riot police, wearing gas masks and protective suits, sor out chemical containing bags from one of the communes in Kamikuishiki village, Yamanashi Prefecture, of Aum Shinrikyo, as they resume raids on the secretive religious cult March 23.

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