500 people hold anti-AUM rally in Gunma Pref.

500 people hold anti-AUM rally in Gunma Pref.

MAEBASHI, Japan - Some 500 local residents hold a protest rally in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 22 to demand that members of the AUM Shinrikyo cult occupying an old factory site in the city move out. The rally, which took place on a parking lot near the old factory site, was also attended by senior city officials.

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